Antique British Royal Carriage Police Pass Ceremonial King Edward VII Recovery

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Fine antique Admission Ticket to the Thanksgiving Service held at St Paul's Cathedral for the recovery from typhoid for the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, accompanied by the Police/Carriage ticket and the Ceremonial in blue given to aristocrats that attended the ceremony. This particular ticket was given to Lady Isabella Georgiana Katherine Battie-Wrightson nee Cecil (1853-1917).was the eldest daughter of the third Marquis of Exeter, whose principal seat was Burleigh House, Stamford. She married William Henry Thomas on 7th August 1884 who took on the surname of Battie-Wrightson in 1891 by royal licence.

Ceremonial Size: 20 X 16.5 cm approx

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