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Auction 22 · Lot 234
SAMUEL, VISCOUNT HERBERT.
- Estimate
- $400–$600
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
London
Publication
14th December, 1931
Description
(First High Commissioner to Palestine. 1870-1963). Typed Letter Signed, in English on personal headed paper, to Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, thanking him for his congratulatory wishes on behalf of the Chief Rabbinate of Eretz-Israel. “I warmly appreciate the kindness of its terms, and the remembrance of my work in Palestine of which your letter is a symbol.”
summary
In 1920, Samuel was appointed the first High Commissioner of Palestine, a position he held until 1925. Thereafter, Samuel returned to politics in England and in 1928 reentered the House of Commons. In 1931 he became Home Secretary in the national government led by Ramsay MacDonald