Author: Rolfe, Robert; 1st Baron Cranworth (1790-1868). British lawyer and Liberal politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Gread Britain.
Title: Holograph Cover with the Signature of the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth.
Description: London, 1857. 1857. - Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth's signature at the bottom left of a 3 inch high by 5 inch wide clipping from an envelope. "PAID 1857" with the royal crown is stamped in red at top right and partially overlaps the address penned in an unknown hand. The autograph is mounted with glue from the verso onto a larger sheet of heavier stock clipped from an album. Very good.

The British lawyer and Liberal politician Robert Monsey Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth (1790-1868) represented Peryn and Falmouth in Parliament before being appointed a Baron of the Exchequer in 1839. He was appointed Lord High Chancellor in 1852 serving under Lord Aberdeen's coalition ministry and subsequently that of Lord Palmerston. He was not immediately reappointed following Lord Palmerston's resignation in 1858 but accepted the office again after Lord Westbury's retirement in 1865, serving under the Russell administration. Very good .

Keywords: HISTORY; BRITISH; ROBERT ROLFE, 1ST BARON CRANWORTH; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; ADDRESS; POSTMARK; ROYAL FREE FRANK; LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BRITAIN; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; LIBERAL POLITICIAN; PARLIAMENT; PENRYN AND FALMOUTH.

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