GEORGE DOUGLAS (8TH DUKE OF ARGYLL) CAMPBELL - FREE FRANK SIGNED - HFSID 86993
Price: $160.00
JOHN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL (8th DUKE OF ARGYLL)
His franked envelope addressed to Scott City, Kansas
Free Frank signed: "Argyll", 5½x3. Envelope addressed in
his hand to "Edgar S. Gladwin/Scott City, Kansas/U.S.A.". 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.
Toned. Edges worn. Lightly soiled. Pencil note (in unknown hand) imprinted on
verso. Ink smudges and residue on verso.
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