[Lord St Helens [Alleyne Fitzherbert, Baron St Helens], diplomat, Ambassador to Russia and Chief Secretary for Ireland.] Autograph Letter Signed to Charles R. Broughton, authorizing a charge on refunded Land Tax as retired Foreign Ministers.agent.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 8vo. Sixteen lines of closely-written text. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with short closed tears along the five creases from the folding of the item into a packet. Docketed on the reverse of the leaf: ‘May 2d 1810 / Lord St Helens / Authy to charge Agency at the rate of 1 P Ct on Monies recovered on accot of Land Tax refunded to Foreign Ministers &cr.’ Signed St Helens. The letter begins: ‘Having communicated with Lords Malmesbury and Auckland on the subject of the allowance to be made to you as agent for the [?] Foreign Ministers in the business of the Land-Tax assessments, which His Majesty has been graciously pleased to order to be refunded to them, I have the honor to inform you that we agree in thinking that you ought to be allowed on that account the sum of One Per Cent on your payments to the retired Foreign Ministers where Pensions amount to Eight hundred Pounds per Annum and upwards.’ The rest of the letter authorizes Broughton to do so ‘as long as the business remains on it’s present footing’.