LOT-O189. For your consideration is an exceedingly rare and historically important original c.1869 royal handwritten manuscript letter / document, hand-signed by Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington. 3-page letter. Royal letterhead with embossed print. Museum quality. One of a kind. Royal document measures approximately 4.5" x 7.0". Royal document is original.  Condition is excellent.  Guaranteed authentic. 

Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, KG, PC (3 February 1807 – 13 August 1884), styled Lord Douro between 1812 and 1814 and Marquess of Douro between 1814 and 1852, was a British soldier and politician. The eldest son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor of Waterloo and Prime Minister, he succeeded his father in the dukedom in 1852 and held minor political office as Master of the Horse from 1853 to 1858. In 1858, he was made a Knight of the Garter.