QUEEN VICTORIA (GREAT BRITAIN) - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED 05/14/1872 - HFSID 82297

QUEEN VICTORIA
She approves an Admiralty petition that a Marine sergeant who had attacked a superior with a bayonet be released from Yarmouth Naval Hospital, having recovered his sanity.
Manuscript Endorsement signed: "App'd/Victoria Reg", 1 page, 4¾x11. Admiralty, 1872 May 14. In full: "Robert Wilkinson - Sergeant Royal Marines Light Infantry having been tried by Court Martial on a charge of striking with a bayonet Sergeant William Elton, his superior officer, and having been found insane, was sentenced to be kept in safe custody during Your Majesty's Pleasure. The medical officers of Yarmouth Royal Naval Hospital in which place the said Robert Wilkinson has been detained having reported that he is now quite sane, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty most humbly submit that Your Majesty may be pleased to approve of the said Robert Wilkinson being released from confinement." QUEEN VICTORIA (1819-1901) ascended to the throne on June 20, 1837 (her coronation ceremony was held the following year). She ruled the United Kingdom longer than any other monarch before or since, although Queen Elizabeth II, crowned in 1953, may best that record. Victoria's 63-year reign (1837 until her death in 1901) endeared her to her subjects, and she gave her name to an era, the Victorian Age. Her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840, was an able political figure himself, the Queen's close advisor until his death in 1861. The royal pair had nine children - four sons and five daughters. Victoria's reign was celebrated with two jubilees, honoring her 50 and 60 years on the throne. Britain was the world's greatest power during her reign, and she became Empress of India in 1877. By the time of her death, most of Europe's thrones were occupied by blood relatives of Victoria. Heavily soiled. Large dark stain on top left corner. Stain running down center of page. Surface creases. Corners worn and creased. Heavily toned. Wax stamps on verso. Otherwise, fine condition.