EDWARD VII, (1841-1910). King of Great Britain and Ireland.
Letter Signed ("Arthur Edward P") to A[lexander] C[ampbell] Mackenzie, requesting his services for the Royal College of Music's Annual Examination for 1887.
2 1/2 pages 4to, Royal College of Music, Kensington Gore, 20 December 1886.
"As the end of the fourth year of the Royal College of Music is approaching when several of the Scholarships expire, as President of the Council I . . . hope that you may be able to render the College the aid of your valuable services, in connection with the Annual Examination for 1887. . ."
The Prince of Wales had been instrumental in the establishment of the Royal College of Music in 1882.
The composer and conductor Alexander Campbell Mackenzie was also a distinguished teacher and in 1887 he was appointed principal of the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College's main competitor.
Old tape repair to the central horizontal fold has been removed under our direction.
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Autograph Letter Signed, as King ("Your devoted Brother Bertie") to "Dearest Helen" [his sister-in-law Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont, widow of his younger brother Leopold, Duke of Albany].
![Autograph Letter Signed ('Albert Edward') as Prince of Wales to the Archbishop of York [William Thomson], 2 pages 4to with integral blank leaf, Sandringham, 31 January 1887.](http://t.maggs.com/n/5/4050AU1765A.jpg "Autograph Letter Signed ('Albert Edward') as Prince of Wales to the Archbishop of York [William Thomson], 2 pages 4to with integral blank leaf, Sandringham, 31 January 1887."){kind=small}
Autograph Letter Signed ("Albert Edward") as Prince of Wales to the Archbishop of York [William Thomson], 2 pages 4to with integral blank leaf, Sandringham, 31 January 1887.
