More Info →Envelope addressed to Viscountess Palmerston from Lord Palmerston

Envelope addressed in the handwriting of Lord Palmerston, and signed under the address. Date stamped and with a red one penny stamp. Lord Palmerston (1784-1865), after whom Palmerston North was named, was born Henry John Temple, son of Viscount Palmerston. He served as a British Member of Parliament, in high office and then Prime Minister, almost continuously from 1807 to his death. The donor of the Lord Palmerston collection, F C Holland of England, (who was interested in philately and postal history) donated a number of items relating to Lord Palmerston during the 1970s, after visiting Palmerston North. Transcription of address: The Viscountess Palmerston, Broadlands, Romsey, Hants (Hampshire)