RUSSELL LORD JOHN: (1792-1878) British Prime Minister 1846-52, 1865-66. A.L.S., J Russell, one page, 8vo, Rosneath, 10^th September 1853, to Lord Sefton. Russell states that he has no ecclesiastical patronage, but will send Sefton’s letter to the Lord Chancellor ‘who has been already acquainted by me, at Mr. Peto’s request, with the merits of Mr. Hampton as a clergyman’. With blank integral leaf. Some light, minimal age wear, VG

William Molyneux (1835-1897) 4^th Earl of Sefton. British peer who served as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire 1858-97.