GEORGE DOUGLAS (8TH DUKE OF ARGYLL) CAMPBELL - AUTOGRAPH ENVELOPE SIGNED - HFSID 81598
Price: $140.00
JOHN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL (8th DUKE OF ARGYLL)
His frank clipped from an envelope
Free Frank signed: "Argyll", 5x2¼. Clipped from an envelope
addressed in his hand. George Douglas Campbell (1823-1900) succeeded
his father as the 8th Duke of Argyll in 1847. Argyll was a prominent Whig
politician, closely associated with Prince Albert. He served in the
governments of four Prime Ministers: Lords Aberdeen, Russell and Palmerston and
William Gladstone. Offices included Lord Privy Seal, Postmaster General, and
Secretary of State for India. His wife, Lady Elizabeth, was Mistress of the
Robes for Queen Victoria, a politically appointed post in that era. The Duke
broke with Gladstone over the issue of Irish Home Rule, withdrawing from
government in 1874. Actively interested in scientific matters, Argyll was a
leading critic of Darwin's theory of evolution. He wrote books on topics
as diverse as law, economics, and biology. His eldest son, known as Lord
Lorne until he inherited the ducal title in 1900, married Queen Victoria's
daughter, Princess Louise, in 1871. Lightly toned. Edges slightly worn.
Lightly soiled. Pencil mark in unknown hand on front.
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