PALMERSTON VISCOUNT: (1784-1865)

PALMERSTON VISCOUNT: (1784-1865) British Prime Minister 1855-58, 1859-65. A.L.S., Palmerston, two pages, 8vo, P[iccadill]y (London), 15th July 1856, to F. Hole Esq., on black bordered mourning stationery. Palmerston states that he is very sorry ´not to have been able to appoint your son in law to the Canonry of Worcester´, explaining that there ´were claims upon me which I could not refuse to acknowledge´ and that he hopes to be more fortunate in the future. With blank integral leaf. VG