Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965). Autograph ink signature, 'Winston S. Churchill', circa 1954, signed in dark blue ink on a slip of white paper, paper indentation and light rust mark from paperclip impression and touching the letter 'S', 2.5 x 8 cm, together with a related typed letter on the prime minister's 10 Downing Street letterhead, 19 April 1954, to Howard Johnson MP, explaining that as the 'Prime Minister receives so many requests for his autograph that he has had to make it a strict rule to refuse them all. If he made exceptions he would hurt feelings in many cases and if he agreed to all requests he would have little time left for his duties! I have, however, a signature on a piece of scrap paper which you may wish to give to Mr Giles. I hope he makes an early recovery', signed by A.A.O. Montague Browne, slight paper indentations and light rust marks to upper margin where previously attached to clipped signature, one page, 4to (Qty: 2) Howard Johnson (1910-2000) became Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown in 1950. In 1954 he began a campaign against animal cruelty after the death of four horses in that year's Grand National on 10th April.
Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965). Autograph ink signature, 'Winston S. Churchill', circa 1954, signed in dark blue ink on a slip of white paper, paper indentation and light rust mark from paperclip impression and touching the letter 'S', 2.5 x 8 cm, together with a related typed letter on the prime minister's 10 Downing Street letterhead, 19 April 1954, to Howard Johnson MP, explaining that as the 'Prime Minister receives so many requests for his autograph that he has had to make it a strict rule to refuse them all. If he made exceptions he would hurt feelings in many cases and if he agreed to all requests he would have little time left for his duties! I have, however, a signature on a piece of scrap paper which you may wish to give to Mr Giles. I hope he makes an early recovery', signed by A.A.O. Montague Browne, slight paper indentations and light rust marks to upper margin where previously attached to clipped signature, one page, 4to (Qty: 2) Howard Johnson (1910-2000) became Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown in 1950. In 1954 he began a campaign against animal cruelty after the death of four horses in that year's Grand National on 10th April.
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