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You are bidding on a Vintage 1964 HOUSE OF COMMONS LETTER on paper with a CREST by REAR ADMIRAL MORGAN GILES M.P.

The letter is on paper with a HOUSE OF COMMONS CREST and is signed by REAR ADMIRAL MORGAN GILES M.P.

The document is an original piece of constituency correspondence from 

Rear-Admiral Morgan Giles, who had just been elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament foR Winchester in a May 1964 by-election. 

Morgan Giles' Career: 

Giles was a highly decorated war hero before entering politics. He was awarded the George Medal for bomb disposal in Egypt and a DSO for running guns to Tito’s partisans in Yugoslavia.

Context of the 1964 Letter

This letter captures Giles in his very first months as an MP. He replaced Peter Smithers, the man mentioned in the text, who had resigned to become Secretary General of the Council of Europe. 

• The Subject: The inquiry regarding Mr. George Lagoudontis appears to be a "constituent case." Mrs. Cook (the recipient) was likely seeking help for Lagoudontis through her new MP.

• The "Home Office" Connection: The mention of correspondence between Smithers and the Home Office suggests a matter involving immigration, citizenship, or a legal appeal, which were common issues MPs handled then as they do now.

• The Letters contents are as follows :-
  
  From: Rear Admiral Morgan Giles, M.P.
  
  HOUSE OF COMMONS
  
  31st July 1964
  
  Dear Mrs. Cook,
  
  Thank you for your letter about Mr. George Lagoudontis.
  I do not know any details about previous correspondence between Peter Smithers and Home Office, but I will make some inquiries and will write to you again.
  
  Yours sincerely,
  [Signature): Morgan Giles
  
  

Mrs. D.V.M. Cook,
Sunny Brow,
Broughton,
Stockbridge,
Hampshire.

The lettercame to me in a collection of ephemera, all of which was kept in folder with clear plastic cleeves – which have preserved it in excellent condition.

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