Signature 1838 PARLIAMENTARIAN Deciphered Solved ✔ COTTENHAM

[001uk]

SIGNATURE help, please
 
Hello!

Any ideas please as to the identity of this signature, please?

1838 SIGNATURE on ''Free Frank'' envelope.

Addressee: G RAWSON Esq., Solicitor, Nottingham"

This FREE posting system was allowed for Members of Parliament and specified Officers of State (until 1840). Earlier the senders' seal had to be recognizable but later their signature was made necessary. The seal on the reverse has been removed! Nothing on the reverse to be of help.
 
With thanks~001uk

[Woodsend17]

Looks like Caterham to me.

[001uk]

Looks like Caterham to me.

Not sure. The initial letter is certainly a 'C'. I feel the second letter might be an 'o' then an 'l' ie COLTERHAM?

[mazi]

It may be of little use but the ones I have are signed with an initial as well as surname.

Bishops signed with just the name of their "see", peers of the realm generally with the lace their peerage was named after,  eg Lord Jones of Hackney should sign   Hackney.

Others may have more examples to disprove this

Mike

[ScouseBoy]

It may be of little use but the ones I have are signed with an initial as well as surname.

Bishops signed with just the name of their "see", peers of the realm generally with the lace their peerage was named after,  eg Lord Jones of Hackney should sign   Hackney.

Others may have more examples to disprove this

Mike

The only problem with that,  is you may get two people with the same place name, such as the bishop of Liverpool and Lord Liverpool

Name could be  Cheltenham  do you think ?

[Cas (stallc)]

Don't know if connected but there is a George Rawson solicitor, see link

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01iht/

Also same namesake, age circa 30, solicitor.  1841 St Peters parish Notts

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7S4-87G

Cas

[Redroger]

This will probably be a peer giving a surname only, and most likely one with a Nottingham area seat or connection. See what I can do.

[Redroger]

The only Lord Caterham I can find is an Agatha Christie character, but she must have dredged him up from somewhere

[despair]

Could it possibly be Cottenham?There was a Charles Pepys 1st Earl (Lord) Cottenham,sometime Lord Chancellor(connection with legal profession?) in Parliament at this time,though it would have to be checked when his title was granted with resect to 1838.

Regards
Roger