VICTORIA: (1819-1901)

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James´s, 16th May 1853. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Arthur Bainbrigge to be a Lieutenant in the 13th Regiment of Foot. Countersigned at the foot by Viscount Palmerston. With pale blue blind embossed paper seal affixed. VG £300-400 Arthur Bainbrigge (1832-1923) Son of General Philip Bainbrigge John Henry Temple (1784-1865) Viscount Palmerston, British Prime Minister 1855-58, 1859-65.