GRANVILLE GEORGE: (1815-1891) 2nd Earl of Granville. British Statesman, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1851-52, 1870-74 & 1880-85. A.L.S., Granville, four pages, 8vo, Walmer Castle, Deal, Kent, 10th October 1879, to an Italian Count, in French. Granville states, in part, ´I have been told that although the interest rate is quite low here compared with the one in Italy, it will still be easier to get the loan you mentioned to me in your Country than in England.´ Together with Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1782-1859) 2nd Earl of Minto. British Diplomat and Politician, First Lord of the Admiralty 1835-41. A.L.S., Minto, three pages, 8vo, London, 17th March 1858, to Count Ferratti, in French. The Earl of Minto writes ´I suppose that Lord John´s mission in Vienna would have make born a great hope of peace in Florence, although it seems to me that there is almost no chance to get it, because our tolerance towards the Austrians ...will not be enough to make us divert from the objectives we want to ensure through the war..´, further stating ´Italy will one day benefit from this great struggle revenues both in Crimea and in the Baltic.´ VG, 2 €100-125