Author: Hamilton James st Duke of Abercorn
Title: Consultation Pour James Hamilton Marquis D'Abercorn . Contre le Duc D'Hamilton. - Maintien Et Confirmation Du Titre Hitaire de Duc de Chatellerault Concjames Hamilton Par Henri II Roi de France En 1548 - French Text
Description: Imprimierie De Ciosse et J.Dumaine, 1865. Hardcover. Abercorn was first appointed a deputy lieutenant of County Tyrone, where he had a family seat at Baronscourt. On 13 November 1844, Lord Abercorn was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Donegal.The next month, on 12 December 1844, he was made a Knight of the Garter at the relatively young age of 33. Abercorn was appointed Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert on 8 February 1846, and shortly thereafter, on 25 February 1846, was made a Privy Counsellor. He served as Groom of the Stole until June 1859,and remained a prominent figure in the royal court for the next two decades. He received two honorary degrees during this period, becoming an LL.D. of Cambridge on 5 July 1847, a DCL of Oxford on 4 June 1856.From 11 April 1855 to 22 September 1860, he was honorary colonel of the Donegal Militia, and on 18 February 1860, was commissioned a captain in the newly raised London Scottish Rifle Volunteers.On 6 July 1866, he was appointed Viceroy of Ireland, under the third ministry of Lord Derby. He retained the post after Derby resigned in February 1868 and Benjamin Disraeli took the reins of the ministry. On 10 August 1868, he was created Marquess of Hamilton and Duke of Abercorn in the Peerage of Ireland. Around this time, he received his third honorary degree, an LL.D. from Trinity College, Dublin. After Gladstone and the Liberals won the 1868 general election, Abercorn resigned the Lord-Lieutenancy on 14 December.After the formation of the second Disraeli ministry, Abercorn was again appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on 2 March 1874, and was also chosen Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, a post he held until his death. He resigned the Lord-Lieutenancy again on 6 December 1876, (wiki) .92p, geneaological tables. Text in French. Ex private library with engraved bookplate on front pastedown and otherwise minimal library evidence. Internally clean though a little toned. Leather corners are rubbed and spine has been repaired very neatly with brown canvas. Binding sound. See scans. . Very Good (as such)

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