British, Irish and World Banknotes

Royal Surrey Bank, a theatre advertising note for ‘£10 or as many rounds of applause’, on watermarked paper, 1885, signature of George Conquest, crowned vignette mentioning Tom Major, Property Master, at left, good very fine and very scarce
Outing 4086a £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes.

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The Royal Surrey was a large and successful Theatre on Blackfriars Road in Southwark. It was burned and rebuilt several times, and eventually closed in 1901. The site is now residential flats.
George Conquest, born in 1837 was a long standing and hugely successful actor. He ran the Surrey Theatre from 1881 until his death in 1901. He had three sons, the first of which was called George, and is almost certainly the man referred to on this note since he was playing Aladdin at the Surrey Theatre in January 1885.
Tom Major, Property Master may refer to Thomas Major, born in 1841 in Hull. in 1881 he was living at 246 Westminster Road, Lambeth, working as a music hall vocalist.