History Holiday 2022 - 86 - “It Is Heroic And Enviable To Die In Harness With Careful Thought For Every Interest In One’s Charge”: Autograph Letter Of Condolence FromWinston Churchill To Lady Cave 83. CHURCHILL, Winston. Autograph letter signed. London, April 16, 1928. One leaf, measuring 8 by 5 inches folded. $16,000. Autograph letter signed from Churchill to Lady Anne Cave, expressing condolences on the death of her husband, Viscount George Cave, the Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom, framed with an early portrait of Churchill. Cave was appointed Lord Chancellor in 1922, a post he held until a few days before his death in March 1928. “Lord Cave was a great public servant… In Lady Cave’s books the reader is able to share some of the intimacies of his life” (DNB). Churchill’s letter, dated April 16, 1928, reads in small part: “My dear Lady Cave, I venture to write & express to you my profound sympathy in y[ou]r grievous loss… In the Cabinet we all felt the shock of a heavy blow, & though the office can be filled the vacancy remains… It is heroic & enviable to die in harness with careful thought for every interest in one’s charge & faithfully carrying on to the very end. This came to young people in the war, but in these times of peace the same qualities of firmness of character & integrity of spirit can sometimes find their expression. I thought you would not mind my sending you these few lines. Y[ou]rs v[er]y sin[cere]ly, Winston S. Churchill.” A fine Churchill autograph letter.
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