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ROSEBERY EARL OF: (1847-1929) British Prime Minister 1894-95. A.L.S., with his initial R, one page, n.p., 4th January 1891, to Dr. Champneys, on Rosebery's monogrammed black bordered mourning stationery. Rosebery announces 'You must have thought me dead or an absconded bankrupt', and continues to explain 'But the truth is that for some days I have been departed from my secretary and my chequebook: the two being practically identical'. VG Rosebery's correspondent may have been Francis Champneys (1848-1930) British Obstetrician who raised the status of midwives and supported the founding of the History of Medicine Society.