Lord Irwin Viceroy of India (later Viscount Halifax) 1927 Signed Photo Card

Description

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, (16 April 1881 - 23 December 1959), known as The Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and The Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a senior British Conservative politician of the 1930s. He held several senior ministerial posts during this time, most notably those of Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931 and of Foreign Secretary between 1938 and 1940. He was one of the architects of the policy of appeasement of Adolf Hitler in 1936-1938, working closely with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. However, after Kristallnacht (on 9-10 November 1938) and the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 he was one of those who pushed for a new policy of attempting to deter further German aggression by promising to go to war to defend Poland.
On Chamberlain's resignation early in May 1940, Halifax effectively declined the position of Prime Minister as he felt that Winston Churchill would be a more suitable war leader (Halifax's membership in the House of Lords was given as the official reason). A few weeks later, with the Allies facing apparently catastrophic defeat and British forces falling back to Dunkirk, Halifax favoured approaching Italy to see if acceptable peace terms could be negotiated. He was overruled by Churchill after a series of stormy meetings of the War Cabinet. From 1941 to 1946, he served as British Ambassador in Washington.
Lot comprised by:
a) 4" 5/8 x 6" card with printed photo of "Lord Irwin" (Viceroy of India at this time) reading a speech during the baptise of the new plane "City of Delhi", with hand written signature, dated June 21, 1927. Name and address of collector on back of card. Condition: Very Good + (Light foxing)
b) Front cover of postal envelope used to send the card, with registration label but with missing section where the stamps and postmarks should be. Condition: Fair+ (Trimmed area where postal stamps must have been located)
REF #:
AZ-5
Provenance:
From the collection of Alejandro Zorrilla de San Martin (birth: Montevideo, Uruguay, September 21, 1880 - death: Montevideo, Uruguay: December 12, 1941), who spent over 20 years collecting autographs mainly from prominent political figures worldwide. He used to send blank cards with a newspaper or magazine clipped photo of the person, attaching a letter asking for an autograph and including a self-addressed envelope.
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