1886 Royalty Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge Signed Royal Letter Document UK For Sale

LOT-G147. For your consideration is an exceedingly rare and historically important c.1886 antique manuscript handwritten / hand-signed letter by HRH Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth of Cambridge. Letter is original. Multiple pages. Royal letter document is handwritten on official Royal letterhead / stationary. Letterhead is embossed. Signed in black fountain pen ink. Letter measures approximately 6.0" × 8.0". One leaf, 4 pages. Paper type is laid. Guaranteed authentic.

Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth of Cambridge (27 November 1833 – 27 October 1897), later Duchess of Teck, was a member of the British royal family. She was one of the first royals to patronize a wide range of charities.

Mary Adelaide was the daughter of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel. Her father was the seventh son of King George III and Queen Charlotte. Mary Adelaide married Francis, Duke of Teck, with whom she had four children. The Duke and Duchess of Teck's daughter, "May", was the wife of King George V and became known as Queen Mary. Through her daughter, Mary Adelaide was the grandmother of the British kings Edward VIII and George VI.