TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill” and "App'd, ER," one page, 7.5 x 9.5, 10 Downing Street letterhead, December 28, 1954. Official recommendation submitted by Prime Minister Churchill to Queen Elizabeth II, in full: "Sir Winston Churchill, with his humble duty to The Queen, has the honour to recommend that William Rankine Milligan, Esquire, Q.C., be sworn of Your Majesty's most honourable Privy Council on his appointment as Lord Advocate." Signed at the conclusion by Churchill, and endorsed at the head by Queen Elizabeth II. In fine condition, with a file hole in the upper left corner. Milligan would serve as Lord Advocate from 1955 until 1960. A fantastic piece of British political correspondence.
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