BIB_ID
129520
Accession number
MA 1617.346
Creator
Parry, Frederick Sydney, Sir, 1861-1941.
Display Date
London, England, 1898 April 28.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.4 x 12.4 cm
Notes
Written from "10, Downing Street, / Whitehall. S.W." on stationery engraved with the address and the seal of the First Lord of the Treasury.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying "Mr. Balfour desires me to say that he has found it possible to increase the amount of Mr. W. E. Henley's Civil List pension from £200 (the amount originally mentioned) to £225 a year, and that this has now been approved by the Queen. He is today giving instructions to the Treasury for the preparation of the formal Warrant awarding the pension."
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