Whyte's THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 18 APRIL 2026

THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR - TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 18 APRIL 2026 79 132 1917 (14 September) letter from Lord Granard to a mother of a missing soldier at Salonika. Headlined ‘10th Irish Division M.E.F., 4 the letter is to a Mrs Duggan and regrets that he has no news of her son who was badly wounded ‘in the fight’ and that ‘a great many men were left in the hands of the Turks’. His own ‘brother has been missing since 23rd Augst 1914’. He mention ‘Captin Percy of Woodruffe Clonmel is on his way home.’ 4pp 7 by 4.50in. (17.8 by 11.4cm) Condition: Fine, very legible. Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, KP, GCVO, PC (1874 – 1948), styled Viscount Forbes from 1874 to 1889, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Liberal politician. In 1896, Granard was commissioned into the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, but on 29 November 1899 he transferred to a regular commission as a second lieutenant in the Scots Guards. Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, he was with the 2nd Battalion of his regiment . He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from 1900 to 1902, taking part in the Battle of Belfastin 1900 and operations at Komatipoort. Hee was promoted to lieutenant on 20 July 1901.[12][13] Promotion to captain followed in 1905. In 1908 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the Post Office Rifles. He resigned his commissions in the Post Office Rifles in 1910 and the Scots Guards in 1911. In 1916 he was recalled to command the 5th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. He was later Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of the Salonika Forces from 1917. Granard was also involved in Irish politics. He was a member of the Irish Food Convention, Food Controller for Ireland in 1918, in which year he was also admitted to the Irish Privy Council. He was a member of the short-lived Senate of Southern Ireland in 1921 and of the Senate of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1934. Granard also served as Master of The King’s Horse, and Vice-Admiral of Connaught, Lord Lieutenant of Longford. Apart from his political and military career, Granard was also on the board of Arsenal Football Club, and was club chairman from 1936 to 1939. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 132 133 Early 20th century lantern slides (400 approx.) Includes views by Mason, Dublin (130 approx.), Graystone Bird, Bath (60 approx.), WorldWar I (90), Africa (30+), Mickey Mouse (2 sets of 8 in original boxes), etc. Mostly monochrome, some coloured including Africa andWorldWar etc. Heavy lot - buyer must collect. Condition: Mainly very good. Very heavy lot - purchaser must collect. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 133