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SALISBURY MARQUIS OF: (1830-1903) British Prime Minister 1885-86, 1886-92, 1895-1902. A.L.S., Salisbury, three pages, 8vo, Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 11th July 1874, to W. R. Callender. Salisbury announces 'I promised the Duke of Wellington that I would not recommend any one to him for the Bench, except men who were known to me personally & for whose merits I could vouch from my own experience' and adds that he is therefore 'precluded from giving effect to your recommendation'. Some very light, extremely minor traces of former mounting to the verso, VG William Romaine Callender (1825-1876) British Businessman & Politician who served as Member of Parliament for Manchester 1874-76. Arthur Wellesley (1807-1884) 2nd Duke of Wellington. British Lieutenant-General and Politician. Wellington succeeded Salisbury as Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex in 1868 and retained the title until 1884.