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Auction: 25003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 127

(x) An invitation to the Funeral of Lord Nelson from the Admiralty to St. Paul’s Cathedral


Invitation to the ‘Funeral of the Late Vice Admiral Horatio Viscount Nelson’ issued to J. H. Smyth Esq. M.P., the Under Secretary of State, signed Isaac Heard Garter and No. 457, with black stamp, very fine

John Henry Symth served as the Under-Secretary of State of the Home Department in the government of William Pitt and for many years was a Whig member of Parliament for the Cambridge University constituency.


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Estimate
£600 to £800

Starting price
£480