Third-person ALS, signed within the text, “The Queen,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered Balmoral Castle letterhead, September 22, 1891. Letter to Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, in part: "The Queen has to thank Lord Bridport for his very kind letter & she can only repeat her congratulations & her hope that he may long remain in her Household & to serve her so fruitfully & kindly as he ever did her dear Husband & herself…She wishes also to inform him that she intends to confer the Grand Cross of the Bath in recognition of his Jubilee in her service." In very good to fine condition, with intersecting lines of toning.
Bridport was also a Groom-in-Waiting from 1841 to 1858, Clerk Marshal to Prince Albert from 1853 to 1861, Equerry to Queen Victoria from 1858 to 1884, a Permanent Lord-in-waiting to Queen Victoria from 1884 to 1901, and Honorary Equerry to Edward VII from 1901 to 1904. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1885 and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1891.
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