Elizabeth (Queen Mother) 1982 Autograph Letter Signed
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1936-1952 and mother of Queen Elizabeth II. Autograph letter signed “Elizabeth R”, three pages, Birkhall, September 21, 1982. On two sheets of her monogrammed stationery. To author Bryan Little, in part:
Thank you so very much for sending me a copy of ‘A Great Estate at Work.’ It looks immensely interesting and I have read some fascinating accounts of the farms & cottages. The labourers must have been terribly overcrowded in some of the cottages, & I am sure that they had huge families! I was delighted to have those excellent photographs of James playing his FISH, rod well up, calm and cool as a good Basset should be! There seems to be masses of fish in all the pools, & Raymond Seymour landed one yesterday which was quite fresh – So perhaps we may get the longed-for autumn run, at last.
With so many thanks for the book, the photographs and the delicious PINK wine, I am ever yours…
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was King George VI’s wife and consort, reigning as Queen of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952. Her popularity, steadfast support of British troops during World War II and as a symbol against fascism, led Hitler to call her “the most dangerous woman in Europe.” Upon the death of the king her daughter was crowned Queen Elizabeth II and, to avoid confusion, she was referred to as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, affectionately known throughout the British Isles as the “Queen Mum.”
This letter sends thanks to historian Bryan Little for his book A Great Estate at Work: The Holkham Estate and its Inhabitants, an examination of the history of the Holkham estate in Norfolk, whose neo-Palladian Holkham Hall is home to the Earls of Leicester. In 1960, Bryan Ronald Basset, of the ancient Norman Basset family, married Lady Carey Elizabeth Coke, the daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester at Holkham Hall. Dubbed the “marriage of the year,” the wedding was televised and attended by the Queen Mother. “James” is likely their son James Bryan Basset (b. 1968), who was a Page of Honour to the Queen.
Folded and in very fine condition.
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1936-1952 and mother of Queen Elizabeth II. Autograph letter signed “Elizabeth R”, three pages, Birkhall, September 21, 1982. On two sheets of her monogrammed stationery. To author Bryan Little, in part:
Thank you so very much for sending me a copy of ‘A Great Estate at Work.’ It looks immensely interesting and I have read some fascinating accounts of the farms & cottages. The labourers must have been terribly overcrowded in some of the cottages, & I am sure that they had huge families! I was delighted to have those excellent photographs of James playing his FISH, rod well up, calm and cool as a good Basset should be! There seems to be masses of fish in all the pools, & Raymond Seymour landed one yesterday which was quite fresh – So perhaps we may get the longed-for autumn run, at last.
With so many thanks for the book, the photographs and the delicious PINK wine, I am ever yours…
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was King George VI’s wife and consort, reigning as Queen of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952. Her popularity, steadfast support of British troops during World War II and as a symbol against fascism, led Hitler to call her “the most dangerous woman in Europe.” Upon the death of the king her daughter was crowned Queen Elizabeth II and, to avoid confusion, she was referred to as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, affectionately known throughout the British Isles as the “Queen Mum.”
This letter sends thanks to historian Bryan Little for his book A Great Estate at Work: The Holkham Estate and its Inhabitants, an examination of the history of the Holkham estate in Norfolk, whose neo-Palladian Holkham Hall is home to the Earls of Leicester. In 1960, Bryan Ronald Basset, of the ancient Norman Basset family, married Lady Carey Elizabeth Coke, the daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester at Holkham Hall. Dubbed the “marriage of the year,” the wedding was televised and attended by the Queen Mother. “James” is likely their son James Bryan Basset (b. 1968), who was a Page of Honour to the Queen.
Folded and in very fine condition.
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1936-1952 and mother of Queen Elizabeth II. Autograph letter signed “Elizabeth R”, three pages, Birkhall, September 21, 1982. On two sheets of her monogrammed stationery. To author Bryan Little, in part:
Thank you so very much for sending me a copy of ‘A Great Estate at Work.’ It looks immensely interesting and I have read some fascinating accounts of the farms & cottages. The labourers must have been terribly overcrowded in some of the cottages, & I am sure that they had huge families! I was delighted to have those excellent photographs of James playing his FISH, rod well up, calm and cool as a good Basset should be! There seems to be masses of fish in all the pools, & Raymond Seymour landed one yesterday which was quite fresh – So perhaps we may get the longed-for autumn run, at last.
With so many thanks for the book, the photographs and the delicious PINK wine, I am ever yours…
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was King George VI’s wife and consort, reigning as Queen of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952. Her popularity, steadfast support of British troops during World War II and as a symbol against fascism, led Hitler to call her “the most dangerous woman in Europe.” Upon the death of the king her daughter was crowned Queen Elizabeth II and, to avoid confusion, she was referred to as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, affectionately known throughout the British Isles as the “Queen Mum.”
This letter sends thanks to historian Bryan Little for his book A Great Estate at Work: The Holkham Estate and its Inhabitants, an examination of the history of the Holkham estate in Norfolk, whose neo-Palladian Holkham Hall is home to the Earls of Leicester. In 1960, Bryan Ronald Basset, of the ancient Norman Basset family, married Lady Carey Elizabeth Coke, the daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester at Holkham Hall. Dubbed the “marriage of the year,” the wedding was televised and attended by the Queen Mother. “James” is likely their son James Bryan Basset (b. 1968), who was a Page of Honour to the Queen.
Folded and in very fine condition.