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Autograph request

Postcard sent by Bray to Horatio Bottomley on 9th August 1927 asking for his autograph.

Horatio William Bottomley (23 March 1860 - 26 May 1933) was an English financier, journalist, editor, newspaper proprietor, swindler, and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his editorship of the popular magazine John Bull, and for his patriotic oratory during the First World War. His career came to a sudden end when, in 1922, he was convicted of fraud and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.

Curios and Autographs
Autograph Postcard Types
Where he lived
Some photographs
Scrapbook
Cigarette Cards
Cartoon by Michael Leigh