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[General Oribe; Howard de Walden, diplomat; Lisbon] Autograph Letter Signed Howard de Walden to Captain Waldegrave, of HMS Revenge, concerning Genl Oribe who was not welcome in Lisbob

Author: 
Howard de Walden [Charles Augustus Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden and 2nd Baron Seaford GCB (1799 – 1868), diplomat and politician.]
Publication details: 
Private & Confidential | Lisbon, Dec. 18th, 1841.
£220.00

Howard de Walden was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the court of Lisbon from 1833. ALS, 3 pages, bifolium, good condition. Genl. [presumably 'General') Oribe - one of the Spanish Refugees - concerned in the late revolt in Spain [First Carlist War probably] is anxious to leave the country. His presence here is embarrassing to the Port[uduese] Govt, - & the [Present?] m[inister] of For[eign] aff[airs] as well as L[or]d Aberdeen.

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