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The Westminster Abbey Chapel Stall Plate of Vice-Admiral Sir George Murray, K.C.B., Royal...

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The Westminster Abbey Chapel Stall Plate of Vice-Admiral Sir George Murray, K.C.B., Royal Navy Westminster Abbey Chapel Stall Plate of the Order of the Bath, inscribed ‘Sir George Murray, Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron of His Majesty’s Fleet, nominated a Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, 2nd Jany. 1815’, 22.5cm x 18.5cm, gilded copper plate engraved with inscription and painted crest of Murray, the reverse with maker’s stamp ‘G. Harris, No 31 Shoe Lane, London’, excellent condition and rare £2,000-£3,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Sir George Murray (1759-1819) had a distinguished Naval career which began when he was eleven years old. He was present at the bloody attack on Sullivan's Island and the reduction of Rhode Island in 1776. Under Sir John Jervis he took part in the battle of St. Vincent in 1797, and his was one of the ships chosen by Nelson for the attack on Copenhagen in 1801. In 1807 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the naval operations against Buenos Ayres. He was promoted to Vice Admiral in October 1809 and died suddenly at Chichester on 28 February 1819, in his sixtieth year. When the Order of the Bath was enlarged into a Military Division of three classes in 1815, it was intended that all Knights would have their own stall in the chapel at Westminster Abbey with their own personal stall plate affixed. These plates were an official part of the insignia of the Order and, until the early 1820’s, were made up for many (but not all) of the new Knights. Lack of space, however, and the unexpected number of new Knights, precluded the plates being put up in the Abbey. In the late 1970’s all surviving plates were disposed of by the Abbey and many were sold off to interior designers and antique dealers as decorative items, in total approximately 100 K.C.B. plates and 300 C.B. plates, in addition to a small number of K.B. and G.C.B. plates.
The Westminster Abbey Chapel Stall Plate of Vice-Admiral Sir George Murray, K.C.B., Royal Navy Westminster Abbey Chapel Stall Plate of the Order of the Bath, inscribed ‘Sir George Murray, Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron of His Majesty’s Fleet, nominated a Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, 2nd Jany. 1815’, 22.5cm x 18.5cm, gilded copper plate engraved with inscription and painted crest of Murray, the reverse with maker’s stamp ‘G. Harris, No 31 Shoe Lane, London’, excellent condition and rare £2,000-£3,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Sir George Murray (1759-1819) had a distinguished Naval career which began when he was eleven years old. He was present at the bloody attack on Sullivan's Island and the reduction of Rhode Island in 1776. Under Sir John Jervis he took part in the battle of St. Vincent in 1797, and his was one of the ships chosen by Nelson for the attack on Copenhagen in 1801. In 1807 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the naval operations against Buenos Ayres. He was promoted to Vice Admiral in October 1809 and died suddenly at Chichester on 28 February 1819, in his sixtieth year. When the Order of the Bath was enlarged into a Military Division of three classes in 1815, it was intended that all Knights would have their own stall in the chapel at Westminster Abbey with their own personal stall plate affixed. These plates were an official part of the insignia of the Order and, until the early 1820’s, were made up for many (but not all) of the new Knights. Lack of space, however, and the unexpected number of new Knights, precluded the plates being put up in the Abbey. In the late 1970’s all surviving plates were disposed of by the Abbey and many were sold off to interior designers and antique dealers as decorative items, in total approximately 100 K.C.B. plates and 300 C.B. plates, in addition to a small number of K.B. and G.C.B. plates.

Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas (Part 2)

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