| Description | Passport number 5253
' Mr George William Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hendon, Peer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter and Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreighn Affairs, etc....
Request and require in the Name of Her Majesty, all those whom it may concern, to allow Mr Henry Watts (British Subject) travelling on the Continent
to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford him every assistance and protection of which he may stand in need.
Given at the Foreign Office, London, the 5th day of August 1853 '
Signed both by Clarendon and by Henry Watts
Various entry stamps on dorse, from France, Belgium, Heidelberg etc |