AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY BRITISH POET AND POLITICIAN RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, 1ST BARON HOUGHTON.

Milnes, Richard Monckton, 1st Baron Houghton. (1809-1885). British poet, patron of literature and politician.

Published by Travellers Club, London: February 12th, circa [1877]. [1877]., 1877

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- Letter penned in black ink & filling both sides of a sheet of cream paper 7 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. Signed "Houghton". Folded twice for mailing. Very good. Houghton writes that "in the confusion of the fire at Fryston I have mislaid a book of addresses," some of which he hopes his correspondent may have. Fryston Hall, Castleford, West Yorkshire was Houghton's family seat. There was a fire there on November 17, 1876. Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton [1809-1885] graduated from Cambridge University where he was a member of the famous Apostles Club, along with Alfred Lord Tennyson and other future luminaries. After traveling abroad, he returned to London in 1837 and was elected to Parliament as Conservative MP for Pontefract. He left Robert Peel's party over the Corn Law controversy and thereafter was identified in politics with Lord Palmerston who elevated him to the peerage in 1863. A pious man, whose writings were often influenced by church matters and who defended the tractarian position, he nevertheless accumulated an unsurpassed collection of erotic literature which he bequeathed to the British Library. He published several volumes of poetry, but was chiefly distinguished as a patron of literary talent, including that of women writers. Among those he assisted or championed were Tennyson, Emerson, Swinburne and Coventry Patmore. He also supported Elizabeth Gaskell's daughter in her work for women's education. Seller Inventory # 35872

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Title: AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY BRITISH POET AND ...

Publisher: Travellers Club, London: February 12th, circa [1877]. [1877].

Publication Date: 1877

Condition: Very good

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