TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS signed, to Clive Wigram and to Lord Crewe.
Each dated 16 August 1924 on Offices of the Cabinet letterhead, the first is to Clive Wigram, thanking him 'for the splendid work you have done during the recent [London Reparation] Conference. The great success of the Secretariat General, of which so many of the foreign Delegations have spoken, is largely due to your efforts and driving power . . .' Single sheet, (19 cm. x 24 cm.), folded to four pages, written on two sides, with horizontal crease at centre). The second letter is to Lord Crowe, praising Wigram for the 'splendid work he has done in the secretariat-general . . . a most admirable colleague to work with . . .', and with an ANS at the end from the recipient, endorsing the opinion of Wigram, and another note in red ink on the front that it was well deserved. Single sheet, (24 cm. x 19 cm.) written on two sides, with creases, browned and lightly foxed. Also included is a copy of a typed letter to Lord Crewe, again praising Wigram: 'On an occasion . . . when the Prime Minister and Crowe and I had all gone away for a few hours, Wigram in the Prime Minister's name brought the German Chancellor and Foreign Secretary back to London from the country to deal with some knotty points on which the work of the Committees was held up! And he was absolutely right . . .' Single sheet (25.5 cm. x 20.3 cm.), written on one side, folded and lightly browned, and with a copy of a letter of praise from the King via his secretary, Clive Wigram. Together four items. *Lord Hankey [Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey] (1877-1963), British civil servant who gained prominence as the first Cabinet Secretary. Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram (1873-1960), British Indian Army officer and courtier. During the London Conference of 1924, he served as the Assistant Private Secretary to King George V, acting as the essential intermediary between the British monarchy and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald's government. The London Conference was a crucial diplomatic summit that successfully implemented the Dawes Plan to restructure Germany's World War I reparations. Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (1858\endash 1945), known as The Honourable Robert Milnes from 1863 to 1885, The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895, and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911, was a British Liberal politician, statesman and writer. Item #180083
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