WICKWAR & CO., 11 YORK ST. S.W
A George V Red Morocco Leather Despatch Box C 1915 with a central gilded handle, the top gilt embossed with the royal insignia of George V and the name of the original owner, SIR ALBERT ROLLIT LL.D*. The black leather lined interior has raised sides and a pair of 90° quadrant hinges. Wickwar's name and address appears on the front rim, and their name is also stamped on the Bramah Patent lock, the front of which slides to open the box. When the key is turned anti clockwise a full 360° the lock front cannot be slid. You can, therefore, leave the key inside the box when it is not required.
Weight 3.25 kg
Dimensions 40.5 x 27 x 15 cm
*Sir Albert Kaye Rollit (1842 – 1922) was a British politician, lawyer, and businessmanwas born in Hull, he became a solicitor and went on to become president of the Law Society. He later became a shipowner. He was Mayor of Hull from 1883-1885. In 1886, he was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for the South Islington constituency. In 1892 he put forward a private member's bill in favour of women's suffrage, which failed narrowly. Having opposed Chamberlain's Tariff Reform proposals, he was defeated in the 1906 general election, and failed to get elected as a Liberal in Epsom in 1910. As a businessman he was well known on the Continent of Europe and acted as consul-general for Romania from 1911 until his death. He was also a magistrate in Berkshire, where he resided at Sutherland Grange at Dedworth, adjoining Windsor, with his second wife.
He received the honorary degree Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) from the Victoria University of Manchester in February 1902, in connection with the 50th jubilee celebrations of the establishment of the university. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1902.
In 1902, Rollin received the decoration Officer of the Legion d'honeur from the French Republic in recognition of his services towards the development of commercial relations between the United Kingdom and France, and especially for his services in connection with the Universal Exhibition of 1900.
