An Original 10 Downing Street Letter Signed and Written by Prime Minister Arthur Balfour. Letter dated 1903. The letter reads 'Dear Canon Cremer, One line to thank you for your letters of the 24th and 27th recommending Archdeacon Wilson for the Manchester bishopric. I will carefully note what you say about him. I return Judge Hughes's letters which you were good enough to enclose. I am very glad to hear that the Education Act is working so harmoniously in Manchester. Yours very truly, Arthur James Balfour'. William Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, traditionally Scottish 1848-1930, also known as Lord Balfour, was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. As foreign secretary in the Lloyd George ministry, he issued the Balfour Declaration in 1917 on behalf of the cabinet. Size is 190mm x 123mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases