JAMES (1ST VISCOUNT BRYCE) BRYCE (BRITAIN) - AUTOGRAPH 12/17/1921 - HFSID 56655
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JAMES BRYCE, 1st VISCOUNT BRYCE
James Bryce pens his signature in black ink, dated 1921
Signature: "James Bryce/Dec. 17th 1921", in black ink, 5x6¼.
James Bryce (1838-1922), elevated to 1st Viscount Bryce in 1914,
was a British scholar, jurist and politician. A Liberal Member of Parliament
from 1880 to 1907, he held several important governmental posts, including
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, President of the Board of Trade,
Chief Secretary for Ireland, and chairman of a royal commission on secondary
education. Bryce, who wrote a landmark study, The American
Commonwealth (1888), was British Ambassador to the US from 1907 to 1913.
During World War I, the Bryce Commission documented alleged German
atrocities in Belgium, and Viscount Bryce was outspoken on the Armenian
genocide. After the war he served on the International Court and advocated for
the League of Nations. He opposed women's suffrage. Normal mailing fold. Left,
top, and right edges frayed. Corners slightly worn. Slightly toned. Otherwise,
fine condition.
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