Signatures (16), ‘Geo. Back’, on a note; ‘D. J. Carruthers, Engineer Captain, R.N.’, on a letter to the Royal Society of Arts, dated 31 December 1917; ‘S. E. Saunders’, letter to the Royal Society of Arts, dated 17 November 1919, on a ‘S. E. Saunders Ltd, Isle of Wight’ headed paper; ‘R. C. Temple’ (3) on three letters to the Royal Society of Arts; ‘Henry Bentinck’, on a letter to the Royal Society of Arts, dated 26 November 1918; ‘Beresford’, signature on a slip of paper; ‘A. Clarke’, on a letter dated 14 October 1892; other letters, notes, slips etc, good condition (16) £60-80

Admiral Sir George Back (1796-1878), explorer and Arctic Navigator; served on two ‘Franklin expeditions’. Royal Geographical Society Gold medallist.

Engineer Rear-Admiral David John Carruthers (1867-1940).

Samuel Edgar Saunders, O.B.E. (1857-1933), naval architect.

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Carnac Temple (1850-1931), Indian Army and Indian Administrator.

Lord Henry Cavendish Bentinck (1868-1931).

Lieutenant-General George Thomas Beresford (1781-1839).

Sir Andrew Clarke (1824-1902), Lieutenant-General and Colonial Official.