VICTORIA CROSS WINNERS: Dighton Probyn (1833-1924) English General, Victoria Cross winner for his numerous actions ...

VICTORIA CROSS WINNERS: Dighton Probyn (1833-1924) English General, Victoria Cross winner for his numerous actions during the Indian Mutiny 1857-58. Keeper of the Privy Purse, Secretary to Edward, Prince of Wales and Comptroller of the Household. A.L.S., D. M. Probyn, two pages, 8vo, Sandringham, Norfolk, 5th August 1911, to [Sir Allan Reeve] Manby. Probyn thanks his correspondent for a newspaper, which had made satisfactory reading, and continues 'I congratulate you & Lady Manby on leaving a son who let us hope is now on the road to be ''Secretary of State for the Colonies'' - and a daughter eventually to take ''Melba's place''. Why not?'. With blank integral leaf (very slight traces of former mounting to the verso); Frederick Roberts (1832-1914) British Field Marshal, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at the Indian Mutiny on 2nd January 1858. Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in South Africa, 1900. T.L.S., Roberts, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, small 4to, Ascot, Berkshire, 9th January 1911, to [Algernon] Tudor-Craig. Roberts states that he will be obliged 'if you will ask Sir George White [also a Victoria Cross winner] to accompany Lord Charles Beresford on his suggested visit to the Stock Exchange', explaining 'I must appeal for money for the Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs, and also for the National Service League. I should much prefer, therefore, not to make a third appeal to the public myself'. Slight traces of former mounting to the verso. VG, 2 Sir Alan Reeve Manby (1848-1925) Surgeon-Apothecary in Ordinary to the Prince of Wales at Sandringham and later Physician Extraordinary. Major Sir Algernon Tudor-Craig (1873-1943) British Army officer, heraldist & author.