This hand-written note has been backed for preservation and display at some point in the past. It reads, "Lord Liverpool presents his compliuments to Lord Strathmore and begs to return his thanks for the Proxy which his Lordship has been so good as to send him. Fife House, May 20th, 1816" Robert Jenkinson, the 2nd Earl of Liverpool lived from 1770-1828. He was a Tory statesman who served as British Prime Minister from 1812-1827. Thomas Lyon-Bowes, Lord Strathmore, the 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a Scottish nobleman and peer who lived from 1773-1846. Lord Liverpool bought Fife House in 1809. It became the home of his brother at time of his death in 1828, was demolished in 1869. Size: 4 1/2" x 7".

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Title: HAND-WRITTEN NOTE
Publisher: Fife House, London
Publication Date: 1816
Binding: Papedre Note
Condition: Light Peripheral Toning

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