ALS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 5 x 8, Home Office letterhead bearing a small embossed seal, May 17, 1911. Letter to “my dear Aunt Mary.” In full: “Thank you very much for your letter. I should have liked to dine with you to meet the delegates but I am afraid it is impossible as I shall be out with my Yeomanry on June 1st. I am sorry about Nellie.” In very good condition, with central horizontal and vertical fold, scattered light toning and soiling, and pencil notation along top edge.
Churchill was serving as Home Secretary at the time he wrote this letter to Mary Hozier, the aunt of his wife Clementine. By “Yeomanry,” he refers to his service in the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars, in which he held the rank of major. Churchill possibly alludes to the delegates of the 1911 Imperial Conference, a meeting of government leaders from the self-governing colonies and dominions of the British Empire. An intriguing letter from the great British statesman. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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