Author: Campbell, George, 8th Duke of Argyll. (1823-1900). Scottish Liberal politician and writer on science, religion and 19th-century politics.
Title: Autograph Note Signed by Scottish Liberal Politician and Author George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll.
Description: March 1869. 1869. - A few words boldly penned in black ink on a sheet of cream paper, 3-3/8 inches high by 7 inches wide. The paper has been mounted on a piece of card. Signed "Argyll / March 1869." The paper has been folded 4 times for mailing and there is some creasing to it from the mounting. Good.

Argyll is sending a female correspondent his autograph.

Scottish peer George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll [1823-1900] was a close associate of Queen Victoria's consort Prince Albert. He served as Lord Privy Seal in Lord Aberdeen's cabinet [1852-1855] and then as Postmaster General in Lord Palmerston's first cabinet [1855-1858]. From 1859 to 1866 he was again Lord Privy Seal, first in the second Palmerston administration and then under the Earl of Russell. In December 1868 he was appointed Secretary of State for India under Gladstone. In this role his refusal to promise support against the Russians to the Emir of Afghanistan helped lead to the Second Afghan War. Argyll was also an author on scientific matters, especially evolution and economics. He was a leader of the scholarly opposition to Darwin, an important economist, and an institutionalist, approaching the study of politics by focusing on formal institutions of government. Good .

Keywords: HISTORY; BRITISH POLITICS; AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED BY SCOTTISH LIBERAL POLITICIAN AND AUTHOR GEORGE CAMPBELL, 8TH DUKE OF ARGYLL; ANS; A.N.S.; LORD PRIVY SEAL; POSTMASTER GENERAL; SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA; SIGNATURE; ECONOMIST; INSTITUTIONALIST; ANTI-D

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