The Most Hon. The Marquis of Salisbury

Reference Number:- Darby Number:- Godden Number:-
sb 2077  not recorded not recorded
 

Small bookmark or favour with title words above portrait)
the image of this bookmark kindly donated
by Georg Hartong, The Netherlands
Words:
THE MOST HON
THE MARQUIS
OF
SALISBURY  
 

Portrait image of
The Marquis

 
 
 
 
 

image of primula

 
Size of Silk:
5.7cm long by 2.0cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
 
Comments:
Signed: "T.STEVENS COVENTRY" on back at pointed end

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil was the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. Born 1830 and died 1903.
He was British Conservative Prime Minster in 1886-1892; 1895-1900; and 1900-1902.
He was elected an MP in 1853 and became Disraeli's Foreign Secretary in 1878.
Whilst Prime Minister, he also served as his own Foreign Secretary between 1887-1892 and again between 1895-1900.

 

There is also another version of this bookmark/favour, with a rose instead of the primula, recorded as sb 2076

 

Below is an image of a point of sale display, with this election badge and two others for sale at One Penny Each (that is, when there were 240 penny to the pound)

point of sales display containing three election badges
the image of this bookmark kindly donated
by Georg Hartong, The Netherlands
 


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