BATTENBERG

[ Prince Alexander of Battenberg [later Mountbatten]] Autograph Letter Signed Alexander of Battenberg to Col Oxley about his stay in Egypt (1915).

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Prince Alexander of Battenberg (later Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke).
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Embossed Royal symbol. Cairo || Monday|| [1915?]
£100.00

Two pages, 8vo, bifolium, some staining but text clear and complete. We are just off, and I want before leaving to thank you from myself and my brother for all your kindness to us during our stay in Cairo. | I can't tell you how much I enjoyed our cheery evening on Saturday. | There are great crowds going up to Khartoum this evening but Major Stock has fixed up everything for us. I am only too sorry that we shall not have the pleasure of finding you all at the [Kasr-el Nil? Qasr?] on our return, so must [underlined] look forward to meeting at home.

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[Louis Alexander Mountbatten [formerly Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg], 1st Marquess of Milford Haven.] Autograph ‘Note for Secretary’, with monogram Signature ‘LB’, regarding to the ‘relative positions of “Iris” & “Phoebe”’.

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Louis Alexander Mountbatten [formerly Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg], 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (1854-1921), First Sea Lord, German prince related by marriage to the British royal family
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No date or place.
£56.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. With mourning border. In fair condition, aged and worn, with remains of white 'star' wafer mounts adhering to the four corners. Beneath the underlined heading 'Note for Secretary' reads: 'The relative positions of Iris & Phoebe do not appear to agree in papers marked (2) and (4) in my letter. Please let me know which is right. / LB.' Presumably Iris and Phoebe were ships.

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