[Poem] / Austin Dobson. 1877 May 7.

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[Poem] / Austin Dobson. 1877 May 7.

Holograph signed. A poem written in praise of Lord Randolph Churchill, Father of Winston Churchill.

1 leaf ; 23 cm.

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Churchill, Randolph Henry Spencer, lord, 1849-1895

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British statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 2 Connaught Place, W., [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1885 Apr. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125376 Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (1849-95), Conservative statesman; third son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough; M.P. for Woodstock, 1874-85, and for South Paddington, 1885-94; Secretary of State for India, 1885-86, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1886; and father of Sir Winston Churchill. ...

Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921

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Dobson became known as a poet for his works "Proverbs in Porcelain" (1877) and "Collected Poems" (1897), in which he used the French forms, and as a biographer, for "Fanny Burney" and "Horace Walpole." From the description of Correspondence, 1902-1908. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122445124 Henry Austin Dobson, civil servant and poet, was born on 18 January 1840. After leaving school at the age of 16, he joined the Board of Trade where he remained until...