Queen Victoria Signed Letter, 1855, Framed & CDV (06/08/2011)

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Queen Victoria Signed Letter, 1855, Framed & CDV

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Sold Date: 06/08/2011
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Fraternal, Political, Organizations

Queen Victoria Signed Letter, 1855, Framed & CDV, measures 8 5/8" X 16 3/8"

Letter measures 4 1/4" X 6 5/8", very nice item

Letter headed " Windsor Castle ", dated November 26, 1855,

" The Queen thanks Lord Hardrige for his letter of the 23rd, ....

signed reverse side, " The Queen , Nov. 26, 1855 " .

This has a Carte de Visite of The Queen, beveled framed, no glass in front.

Reverse side has cut away so you can see signature, plastic covered.

Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India .

Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn , the fourth son of King George III . Both the Duke of Kent and the King died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German-born mother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld . She inherited the throne at the age of 18 after her father's three elder brothers died without surviving legitimate issue. The United Kingdom was already an established constitutional monarchy , in which the Sovereign held relatively few direct political powers. Privately, she attempted to influence government policy and ministerial appointments. Publicly, she became a national icon, and was identified with strict standards of personal morality.

She married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , in 1840. Their 9 children and 26 of their 42 grandchildren married into royal and noble families across the continent, tying them together and earning her the nickname "the grandmother of Europe". After Albert's death in 1861, Victoria plunged into deep mourning and avoided public appearances. As a result of her seclusion, republicanism temporarily gained strength, but in the latter half of her reign, her popularity recovered. Her Golden and Diamond Jubilees were times of public celebration.

Her reign of 63 years and 7 months, which is longer than that of any other British monarch and the longest of any female monarch in history , is known as the Victorian era . It was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire . She was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover ; her son and successor King Edward VII belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha .

Field Marshall Viscount Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, GCB , PC (30 March 1785 – 24 September 1856) was a British field marshal and Governor-general of India .

He was born at Wrotham in Kent . After attending Durham School he entered the British Army in 1799 as an ensign in the Queen's Rangers , a corps then stationed in Upper Canada .[ 1] His first active service was at the Battle of Vimeiro , where he was wounded, and at Corunna he was by the side of Sir John Moore when the latter was killed. [1 ] Subsequently he was appointed deputy-quartermaster-general in the Portuguese army and was present at many of the battles of the Peninsular War .[ 1] At Albuera , in 1811, he saved the day for the British by taking the responsibility at a critical moment of strongly urging General Cole 's division to advance. [1 ] He was wounded again at Battle of Vitoria in 1813. [1 ]

When war broke out again in 1815 after Napoleon 's escape from Elba , Hardinge returned to active service. [1 ] He was present at the Battle of Ligny on June 16, 1815, where he lost his left hand by a shot, and thus was not present at Waterloo two days later. [1 ] Wellington presented him with a sword that had belonged to Napoleon.

In 1820 and 1826 Sir Henry Hardinge was returned to parliament as member for Durham , and in 1828 he accepted the office of secretary at war in Wellington's ministry, a post which he also filled in Sir Robert Peel 's cabinet in 1841-1844. [1 ] In 1830 and 1834-1835 he was chi...