RARE "7th Earl Stanhope" James Stanhope Signed TLS Dated 1932 COA for Sale

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RARE "7th Earl Stanhope" James Stanhope Signed TLS Dated 1932 COA For Sale

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RARE "7th Earl Stanhope" James Stanhope Signed TLS Dated 1932 COA:
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Up for sale aRARE! "7th Earl Stanhope" James Stanhope Hand Signed TLS Dated 1932,This item is certified authentic by Todd Mueller Autographs and comes withtheir Certificate of Authenticity.

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James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope,KG,DSO,MC,PC(11 November 1880 – 15 August 1967), styledViscount Mahonuntil 1905, and known asThe Earl Stanhopefrom 1905 until his death, was a BritishConservativepolitician. Stanhope was the eldest son ofArthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope, and Evelyn Henrietta (née Pennefather), daughter of Richard Pennefather of Knockeevan,County Tipperaryand Lady Emily Butler. The Hon.Edward StanhopeandPhilip Stanhope, 1st Baron Weardale, were his uncles.Lord Mahon was commissioned asecond lieutenantin theGrenadier Guardson 5 January 1901,and went with his battalion to serve in South Africa during theSecond Boer War. Following the end of this war in June 1902, he returned with a large contingent of men from the guards regiments on board the SSLake Michigan, which arrived in Southampton in October 1902. Stanhope entered theHouse of Lordson the death of his father in 1905, and made his maiden speech in November 1909. He held his first office asParliamentary Secretary to the War OfficeunderDavid Lloyd Georgebetween 1918 and 1919. In 1924 he was appointedCivil Lord of the AdmiraltyunderStanley Baldwin, a post he held until the Conservatives lost power in 1929. The latter year he was also sworn of thePrivy Council.[4]After the formation of the National Government in 1931 he served underRamsay MacDonaldasParliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiraltyin 1931, asUnder-Secretary of State for Warbetween 1931 and 1934 and asUnder-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the last year under the premiership of Stanley Baldwin. In 1934 he was made aKnight of the Garter. He entered the cabinet in June 1936 when Baldwin appointed himFirst Commissioner of Works. WhenNeville Chamberlainbecame Prime Minister in May 1937 Stanhope was madePresident of the Board of Education, and in February 1938 he also succeededE. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of HalifaxasLeader of the House of Lords. In October 1938 he becameFirst Lord of the Admiraltywhile continuing as Leader of the House of Lords. After the outbreak of theSecond World Warin September 1939, he was succeeded as First Lord of the Admiralty byWinston Churchilland appointedLord President of the Council. He remained as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President until Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940. However, he did not serve in theChurchill coalition governmentand never returned to ministerial office. He made his last speech in the House of Lords in December 1960.In July 1940, Stanhope and several other national politicians -- including Baldwin and Chamberlain -- were targeted in the polemicGuilty Men.This publication accused these men of failing to prepare Britain for the loomingwar, and of appeasingNazi Germanyduring the 1930s.The accusations made in Guilty Men have subsequently been questioned by some critics.