Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/2/2022
Hailing from an old aristocratic British family that can trace it’s roots back to English nobleman Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby and stepfather of King Henry VII, Frederick Arthur Stanley was the 16th Earl of Derby and Lord of Preston, and most famously to our nation and hockey, donated the world’s greatest sporting trophy with the Stanley Cup while serving as the Governor General of Canada. Unique, as the first of it’s kind we have ever handled, we have an antique sheet signed by Lord Stanley along with numerous family members. Originating from 1855, with each signature dated “Oct 26/55”, there are nine fountain pen signatures placed in a vertical row on the obverse, including from top to bottom, 1st - Edward Smith-Stanley (14th Earl of Derby - father of Lord Stanley), 2nd - Emma Caroline (mother of Lord Stanley), 3rd - Edward Henry Stanley (15th Earl of Derby - brother of Lord Stanley), 4th - Emma Charlotte Stanley (sister of Lord Stanley), 5th – unknown, and 6th - Frederick Arthur Stanley himself (signed as "F.A. Stanley"), with three additional signatures beneath and two additional signatures on the reverse. With the signatures presenting well, “Knowsley” is also added to a few of the signatures, with Knowsley Hall the stately ancestral home of the Stanley family.
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