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Prince Albert's Personal Papers

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      EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON, 1ST BARON LYTTON (1803-73)

      Letter from Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton to the Prince Consort

      30 Dec 1858

      Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RA VIC/MAIN/M/54/117

      Letter from Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton to the Prince Consort on the proposal for allotment of larger share of Honours to eminent colonial subjects.

      • Creator(s)

        Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-73) (writer)

        Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) (addressee)

      • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

      • Place of Production
        Colonial Office
      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • documents
              • correspondence
        Language(s)
        English
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