A George VI red leather ministerial despatch box the lid emb...

Hammer

£320

A George VI red leather ministerial despatch box the lid embossed in gilt letters 'MINISTER OF FOOD', beneath an GRVI royal cipher, with brass handle. 46 x 30 x 14.5 cm. Sold together with a small signed and framed note: 'Privy Council Office, The 2nd day of November 1951, This day, in the presence of the Lord President of the Council, Major the Right Honourable Gwilym Lloyd George, was sworn Minister of Food'. 

The box belonged to Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby who served as Home Secretary from 1954 to 1957.

Provenance: Estate of the late William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby (1927-2023), he was the son of Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby (1894-1967) and the grandson of David Lloyd George, 1st Earl of Dwyfor (1863-1945) the British Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922 during WWI.

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Locked and lacking key.