QUEEN VICTORIA (GREAT BRITAIN) - MILITARY APPOINTMENT SIGNED 01/03/1881 - HFSID 164738

QUEEN VICTORIA
Military appointment signed by Queen Victoria in 1881, commissioning a 2nd lieutenant in the Yeomancy Forces
Military Appointment signed: "Victoria R I." as Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India in brown ink. Unknown signature in bottom left corner. 1 page, 15¾x11¾. St. James Court, London, England. Jan. 3, 1881. Signed at upper left corner, with wafer embossed seal. Docketed on verso with 3¼x5½ bust engraving of Queen Victoria affixed. The Queen commands the appointment of Guy St. Maur Palmes, Gentleman as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Yeomancy Forces. Despite the impressive size of his own family, with the death of King George III, the crown passed through his children in quick succession, first to his eldest son George IV (1820-1830), than to his third son William IV (1830-1837), and eventually to one of his more unlikely heirs, his granddaughter by his fourth son, Princess Victoria. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and the Empress of India (1819-1901) ascended the throne at the young age of 18, beginning the longest reign in British history and ruling over a time soon to be known as the Victorian Era. This time period was remembered for its industrial, cultural, political, scientific and military change within the United Kingdom with massive growth of the British Empire. More of a national icon rather than a direct political power, Victoria's name was synonymous with strict standards of personal morality. Her great affection for her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, remains a renowned love story in her history; they had nine children together, all married into royal and noble families across the continent, tying them together and earning her the nickname "Grandmother of Europe". Her reign lasted sixty-three years and seven months, and with her death so ended the House of Hanover in the British monarchy, and her legacy of her detailed correspondence and journals have displayed her previously unknown political straight-talking which was emotional, obstinate, and honest. Folds, creases, not near signature. Minor paper separation at folds. Lightly worn at edges. Otherwise in fine condition.