Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection

Theatre and Entertainment, HAYMARKET, Her Majesty’s Theatre, 1847, ivory, her majesty’s theatre above date, rev. box xxi 4, named (Duke of Cleveland), 36mm, 5.35g (W 336; cf. D & W 30/323). Very fine and very rare; pierced for suspension £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection.

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Provenance: Bt T. Millett May 2002.

Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, KG (1788-1864); cr. Viscount Barnard, 1792, Marquess of Cleveland, 1827, Duke of Cleveland, 1833; successively MP for Co Durham 1812-15, Winchelsea 1816-18, Tregony 1818-26, Totnes 1826-30, Saltash 1830-1 and South Shropshire 1832-42. He combined politics with a career in the British army.

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