LORD FREDERICK CAVENDISH - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 03/14/1872 - HFSID 172031
Sale Price $250.00
Reg. $320.00
LORD FREDERICK CAVENDISH
The English politician whose life was cut short by Irish nationalists signed this
handwritten letter. Extremely Rare!
Autograph Letter Signed: "F. Cavendish". 4½x7 (folded). Dated March 14, 1872. Two pages
of text. Features typed letterhead. In Part: "I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
12th [illegible] and to inform you that I have this day presented to the House of Commons the
petition you forwarded to me from the members of the congregation".Lord Frederick Cavendish
(1836-1882) was born in Sussex, England. Cavendish was a Liberal Party politician who
worked under the guidance of prominent Prime Minister William Gladstone. He gained
experience in the English government as private secretary to Lord Granville and private
secretary to Gladstone. From 1880 to 1882, he was Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Mere
hours after Cavendish was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, he was murdered in
Phoenix Park by members of the Irish National Invincibles, an organization that sought
Ireland's independence from the United Kingdom through radical means. The position of
Chief Secretary made Cavendish responsible for the governance of Ireland, a previously
independent state until the beginning of the 19th Century. Cavendish and the man he
accompanied in Phoenix Park that day, Thomas Henry Burke, were the two key
government officials who would oversee the governance of Ireland. Although Burke was
the main target of the attack, both men died that day.Lightly toned. Smudging throughout
does not impact legibility. Heavy mailing creases. Otherwise, fine condition.
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