Autograph request
Postcard sent by Bray to Sir Francis Hyde Villiers on 21st October 1914 asking for his autograph.
Sir Francis Hyde Villiers GCMG GCVO CB PC (13 August 1852 - 18 November 1925) was a British civil servant and diplomat who was ambassador to Portugal and Belgium.
Francis Villiers was appointed CB in 1894, knighted KCMG in 1906 on his appointment to Portugal, given the additional knighthood of GCVO on the occasion of the King of Portugal's visit to England in 1909 and promoted GCMG in the New Year Honours of 1918. He was appointed to the Privy Council in August 1919.
The King of Portugal gave him the Grand Cross of the Order of Christ, and the King of the Belgians gave him the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold.