[Sir Stafford Northcote, Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer.] Autograph Letter Signed to barrister C. H. Bellenden Ker, regarding the drafting of clauses to an Act of Parliament, relating to ‘banking Companies’.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient was a barrister and legal reformer. 2pp, 12mo. Signed ‘Stafford H. Northcote’ and addressed to ‘H. Bellenden Ker Esq’. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin neat strip from windowpane mount adhering to edges. Folded twice for postage. A few tiny calculations in another hand (Northcote’s?) at foot of second page. Twenty lines of neatly written text. Begins: ‘When the two banking Companies which have recently submitted draft deeds for our approval came before us, we wrote to the Treasury suggesting the propriety of having a model deed prepared.’ He outlines a plan for the preparation of ‘model clauses to carry out the special provisions of the Act, and with requiring parties to insert them, leaving them to frame the rest of the deed to their liking, but subject of course to our approval in each case’. He asks Bellenden to ‘undertake this, and let us have the draft clauses, when ready, in order that we may confer with the Treasury about them.’