1839 Edinburgh 'Letters To The Argyll Family' BINDING Col. Malcolm, Poltalloch

Description: 1839 Edinburgh 'Letters To The Argyll Family' BINDING Col. Malcolm, Poltalloch Click images to enlarge Description ‘Letters to the Argyll family, from Queen Elizabeth, Queen of England, Mary, Queen of Scots, King James VI, King Charles I, King Charles II, and others. From originals preserved in the general register house. With an appendix.’ Printed at Edinburgh: M.DCCC.XXXIX. [1839]. Large, slim quarto [10.00’’ tall x 8.25’’ wide]. Collates [xvi], 86p. Plus plates (some folding) of facsimile letters. A very good, crisp and clean copy in the main. Minor light reading wear commensurate with age else a nice copy of a scarce work, presented in an attractive period binding. With a bookplate to the inner front board of one ‘Colonel Malcolm of Poltallach’. Lieutenant-Colonel John Wingfield Malcolm, 1st Baron Malcolm of Poltalloch, CB, VD. (16 April 1833 – 6 March 1902) British soldier and Conservative politician. Malcolm was the son of John Malcolm, 14th feudal baron of Poltalloch, Argyll, and Isabella Harriet, daughter of John Wingfield. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Malcolm was elected Member of Parliament for Boston in 1860, resigning in 1878 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead. He was later Member of Parliament for Argyllshire from 1885 to 1892. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1892 and raised to the peerage as Baron Malcolm of Poltalloch, in the County of Argyll, in 1896. He was a Captain of the Kent Artillery Militia and Honourable Colonel of the 5th Voluntary Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. In 1870 Malcolm played football for Scotland in the first unofficial England v Scotland International. He was one of two sitting MPs to play for Scotland in this match, the other being William Henry Gladstone. Lord Malcolm married firstly the Honourable Alice Frederica Irby, daughter of George Irby, 4th Baron Boston, in 1861. After her death in October 1896 he married secondly Marie Jane Lilian, widow of H. Gardner Lister, in 1897. Both marriages were childless. He died at Hyères, France, on 6 March 1902, aged 68, when the barony became extinct. He left his estate to his younger brother Colonel Edward Donald Malcolm (1837–1930), who also succeeded as Laird of Poltalloch. The latter's son was Conservative politician Sir Ian Malcolm (1868–1944). Lady Malcolm of Poltalloch remained a widow until her death in August 1927. Bound in full tan leather with gilt borders. Raised bands, gilt lines and a gilt-lettered label to the spine. Solid, sound and attractive binding. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY IMPORT DUTIES IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES. PLEASE CHECK BEFORE PURCHASE. Pictures sell! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing.300+ Listing Templates! Auctiva gets you noticed! The complete eBay Selling Solution. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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