A superb M.G.S. and Waterloo pair awarded to Captain Hugh Harrison, 32nd Foot, who was...

A superb M.G.S. and Waterloo pair awarded to Captain Hugh Harrison, 32nd Foot, who was severely wounded at Waterloo, 18 June 1815 Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Salamanca (H. Harrison, Lieut. 32nd Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Captain Hugh Harrison, 32nd Regiment Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, contained in an old fitted display case together with a fine portrait miniature of the recipient, in a glazed gilt metal frame, and a First Empire Legion of Honour breast badge, silver, gold and enamels, lacking obverse centre and most enamel, the first good very fine, the second with light contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise very fine (4) £6,000-£8,000 --- Hugh Harrison was born on 22 October 1783, youngest son of Hugh Harrison of Churchfield townland, near Ballycastle, county Antrim. He was appointed Ensign in the 32nd Foot (Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry) on 21 November 1805; Lieutenant, 18 June 1807; Adjutant, 8 May 1808; Captain 11 June 1812. Harrison served in the Peninsula from July 1811 to December 1812, and was present at the siege and battle of Salamanca; was also present at the battle of Waterloo where he was severely wounded on 18 June 1815. He was placed on half-pay at his own request on 16 May 1822, and went to live near Ballymena, county Antrim, where he named his house “Hugomont’ after the chateau of Hougoumont which he helped to defend at Waterloo. He was a churchwarden of Ballymena in 1827, 1846, and 1851, and a guardian of the Ballymena poor-law union. Captain Harrison died unmarried at Ballymena on 20 February 1862, aged 78 years.