| Description | This note of authority, written on House of Commons notepaper, was issued to fellow Birmingham MP, Jesse Collings, (1831-1920, MP for Bordesley), as an admission ticket to the platform [of Victoria Station, London] |
| Administrative History | Joseph Chamberlain left England for a tour of South Africa from Victoria station, London on 25 November 1902. Several members of the government were at the station to see him off, including Jesse Collings, who had been a close friend of Chamberlain's for many years. |