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Autograph Letter Signed, to Robert Benson, discussing the sentence passed on “the unfortunate culprit” called Wait, who was one of Hobhouse’s gamekeepers. 3 pp. 9 x 7 inches, in good condition, with an engraved portrait of Hobhouse (facsimile signature beneath). Whitton Park, 20 April 1823. Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, 1st Baronet (1757–1831), politician and author. “It appears to me that, if nothing could be said in this poor fellow’s favor, a fitter punishment than death might be selected for the offence …”