A Black Morocco Leather Despatch Box C1930, the bevelled top gilt embossed 'PILGRIM TRUST*' and 'THE RT. HON. STANLEY BALDWIN*. A rare feature for a despatch box is that it has a recessed brass handle on each side. The lock is inscribed 'Bramah, London' . It retains its original key. The black leather lined interior is fitted with raised sides and stability studs.
Dimensions
46 x 30.5 x 16 cm
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC, PC (Can), JP, FRS (3 August 1867 – 14 December 1947) was a British Conservative Party politician who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars, serving as prime minister on three occasions, from May 1923 to January 1924, from November 1924 to June 1929, and from June 1935 to May 1937.
**The Pilgrim Trust is a national grant-making trust in the United Kingdom. It is based in London and is a registered charity under English law. It was founded in 1930 with a two million pound grant by Edward Harkness, an American philanthropist. The trust's inaugural board were Stanley Baldwin, Sir James Irvine, Sir Josiah Stamp, John Buchan and Hugh Macmillan. Its first secretary was former civil servant, Thomas Jones.
PROVENANCE
From the estate of Edward Baldwin, grandson of Stanley Baldwin , and the 4th Earl of Bewdley.
Stanley Baldwin came from an extraordinary family; Rudyard Kipling was his first cousin, Edward Burne-Jones and Edward Pointer were both uncles, his mother, Louisa, was a novelist, and her siblings included the famous Macdonald Sisters. Edward Baldwin was committed to rehabilitating his grandfather's reputation and being an only child, spent much of his life as sole custodian of his personal effects.
