Bidspirit auction | Letter Signed by Granville Leveson

Letter Signed by Granville Leveson Gower, 2nd Earl Granville liberal MP, diplomat. Two Page Foreign Officer Headed Paper dated Aug 4 89 Personally Signed by Granville Leveson Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (11 May 1815 - 31 March 1891), styled Lord Leveson until 1846, was a liberal MP and diplomat. He is best remembered for his service as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. His foreign policy kept Britain free from European wars and improved relations with the United States after the strain during the American Civil War. He served in the part-time Staffordshire Yeomanry, being commissioned as a Major on 12 December 1848 and being promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 3 July 1854. He continued in the regiment until the early 1860s[. As Lord Warden, he was appointed honorary Colonel of the 1st Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers on 23 April 1866. Now details enclosed.