AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the English Politician SIR BALDWYN LEIGHTON 8TH BARONET addressed to the British Barrister and Historian EDWARD PEARS.
96528Grosvenor Square November 30 19th Century. . Good. - Over 50 words penned on 7 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide "52 Park Street Grosvenor Square" stationery framed by black mourning borders. Sir Balwyn Leighton writes to the historian Edward Pears that he is sending him a corrected "proof copy" of his pamphlet "Poor Law out-relief" requesting several copies when printed. He also inquires as to whether his other paper will also be printed. Signed "Baldwyn Leighton". Folded for mailing the top edge is darkened with a small hole to the top right corner. The letter was likely once mounted into an album as evidenced by glue stains and paper remnants along the top edge of the verso. Good. <p>The English Conservative Party politician Sir Baldwyn Leighton 8th Baronet 1836-1897 was educated at Eton College and Christ Church Oxford. He served in the South Salopian Yeomanry Cavalry. He was J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Shropshire. Leighton was later elected as a Member of Parliament for South Shropshire. Classifying himself as a liberal Conservative party member he published several pamphlets on "poor law" and "Labour" as well as the "Letters of the Late Edward Denison MP".<p>The British barrister Sir Edwin Pears 1835-1919 was a historian and author who for a period of 40 years lived in Constantinople. He settled there in 1873 practicing in the consular courts and served as president of the European bar in what is now Istanbul. Pears traveled throughout Turkey and its dominions and studied its history and culture. As a correspondent for The Daily News in 1876 he described Ottoman atrocities and Bulgaria's April Uprising. His book "Turkey and its People" was published in 1911. Grosvenor Square, November 30 [19th Century]. unknown
