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Lot Essay
THIS PLATE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE COME FROM THE SALE BY CHRISTIE'S OF THE CONTENTS OF DISRAELI'S CURZON STREET HOME ON HIS DEATH IN 1881. THE SALE WAS HELD BY THE EARL'S BROTHER, RALPH, WHO ASKED VERY INFLATED PRICES PLAYING ON HIS LATE BROTHER'S POPULARITY AND HOPING TO INCREASE HIS SON'S INHERITANCE, THE EARL HIMSELF NOT HAVING CHILDREN.
LANCASHIRE RETURNED 54 MPS TO PARIAMENT AT THE 1885 GENERAL ELECTION AND THIS PLATE RECORDS CONSERVATIVE VICTORIES IN WIGAN AND SURROUNDING SEATS. HENRY BLUNDELL C.B. (INCE) GRANDSON TO QUEEN VICTORIA'S MAID OF HONOUR & DEPUTY LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY. RT. HON. SIR RICHARD ASSHETON CROSS GCB, FRS, VISCOUNT FROM 1886, HOME SECRETARY AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA. RT. HON. SIR ARTHUR BOWER FORWOOD, BART. (ORMSKIRK), MERCHANT SHIP-OWNER & LORD MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL IN 1878. FRANK HARDCASTLE (WESTHAUGHTON), HIGH SHERIFF OF LANCASHIRE 1895/6. SIR FRANCIS SHARP POWELL, BART. (WIGAN) CAMPAIGNER FOR FREE TRADE, SANITATION AND EDUCATION.
LANCASHIRE RETURNED 54 MPS TO PARIAMENT AT THE 1885 GENERAL ELECTION AND THIS PLATE RECORDS CONSERVATIVE VICTORIES IN WIGAN AND SURROUNDING SEATS. HENRY BLUNDELL C.B. (INCE) GRANDSON TO QUEEN VICTORIA'S MAID OF HONOUR & DEPUTY LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY. RT. HON. SIR RICHARD ASSHETON CROSS GCB, FRS, VISCOUNT FROM 1886, HOME SECRETARY AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA. RT. HON. SIR ARTHUR BOWER FORWOOD, BART. (ORMSKIRK), MERCHANT SHIP-OWNER & LORD MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL IN 1878. FRANK HARDCASTLE (WESTHAUGHTON), HIGH SHERIFF OF LANCASHIRE 1895/6. SIR FRANCIS SHARP POWELL, BART. (WIGAN) CAMPAIGNER FOR FREE TRADE, SANITATION AND EDUCATION.