Early ALS signed “George,” one page both sides, 3.75 x 6, Royal Naval College letterhead, March 4, 1885. Letter to John Neale Dalton, in full: "Campbell has just given me your message, I was just going to write to you to tell you that I am coming to Cambridge with Papa on Saturday. I shall bring Algar with me, he can stop at the hotel. With best love to Eddy." In fine condition. Canon John Neale Dalton (1839-1931) was a Church of England clergyman and author who was a chaplain to Queen Victoria, a Canon of Windsor, and tutor to the future King George V and his brother Prince Albert Victor. His son Edward was a British Labour Party economist and politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947; he served in Winston Churchill's wartime coalition cabinet, and after the Dunkirk evacuation he became Minister of Economic Warfare and established the Special Operations Executive.
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