[Lord Granville [Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville], Whig statesman and diplomat.] Autograph Letter in the third person to ‘Mr. Burke’, discussing ‘The King of the French’ and ‘the next Presentation at the Tuileries’.

A noted beau, described by Pitt the Younger as ‘the counterpart of the statue of Antinous’. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. On the first leaf of a bifolium, the second leaf, within a trimmed windowpane mount, docketed in a contemporary hand on the reverse: ‘The Earl Granville / Ambassador to the Court of the Tuileries’. In good condition, folded, on gilt-edged paper. ‘Lord Granville presents his Compliments to Mr. Burke & begs to inform him that his name will be placed on the List for the next Presentation at the Tuileries, but The King of the French has not signified to Lord Granville His intention of receiving on His Birthday the Gentlemen who are now waiting to be presented to His Majesty.’