A selection from the speeches and writings of the late Lord King. With a short introductory memoir, by Earl Fortescue.
Sir Peter King, 7th Baron King of Ockham (1776-1833)
Category
Books
Date
1844
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3218230
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii,471,[1]; 32p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 8vo. Without final 32p. publisher's list. Provenance: nineteenth-century crest bookplate, after 1831, with earl’s coronet: Lichfield [i.e. Thomas William Anson, 2nd Viscount Anson, created Earl of Lichfield, 1831 (1795-1854); and also used by subsequent earls]. Binding: nineteenth-century green calf; double gilt fillet and blind roll border; five false bands; gilt spines, board edges and turn-ins; spine stamped with Lichfield cypher and earl's coronet in gold. Stamped: Bound by Hayday & Co. (Uniform with others in set of political speeches; whole set in poor condition.)
Makers and roles
Sir Peter King, 7th Baron King of Ockham (1776-1833) Sir Peter King, 7th Baron King of Ockham (1776-1833) Sir Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue KG, PC, FRS (1783-1861)