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Auction 11 · Lot 183

Queen Victoria Alexandrina (Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1837-1901, Empress of India 1876-1901)

Estimate
$1,500–$2,000
Hammer price
$3,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ANGLO JUDAICA)

Place

Court at St. James’s, London

Publication

1886

Description

Manuscript Warrent Signed, in English. Black ink on paper. Granting supporters to Sir Francis Abraham Montefiore, Baronet (1860-1935) as the next surviving Heir to the Baronetcy of Sir Moses Montefiore

summary

Sir Moses Montefiore died in 1885 without issue and his title became extinct. Half a year later, however, another Baronetcy was conferred on Francis Abraham Montefiore, the grandson of Sir Moses’ brother and partner, Abraham, by grant of this Royal Warrent. See P. H. Emden, Jews of Britain (1943) p. 163
ff. (4). With Royal Seal on f.1. Bound with blue ribbon, folded in quarters. Housed in a royal blue velvet pouch
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