Letters patent
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1858
Materials
Cord, Gilt, Leather, Vellum, Wax
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Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 428898.2
Summary
Letters patent on vellum dated 16th March 1858, appointing Disraeli Under Treasurer of the Exchequer. Inscribed 'Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer./ Right Honble. Benjamin Disraeli.' Attached to a tan coloured wax seal, badly cracked, by red cord. Held in black leather-bound box with hinged lid, Royal arms in gold on front and patterned green lining to interior.