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Pair: Lieutenant The Hon. W. G. Osborne, 16th Lancers, later 26th Regiment of Foot Army...
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Pair: Lieutenant The Hon. W. G. Osborne, 16th Lancers, later 26th Regiment of Foot
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Cornet W. G. Osborne, 16th Lancers) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, minor official correction to ‘L’ of ‘Lancers’; China 1842 (Lieut. The Hon. W, G. Osborne, 26th Foot) with original straight bar suspension, good very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000
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Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, June 1991; Dix Noonan Webb, March 2013.
The Hon. William Godolphin Osborne was born on 29 March 1804, the son of Lord Francis Godolphin Osborne, later 1st Baron Godolphin, and the grandson of the 5th Duke of Leeds; he was also a direct descendent of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
As a Cornet in the 16th Lancers, Osborne served at the Siege of Bhurtpoor in January 1826. Remaining in India, he subsequently travelled the country with his cousin George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, later Governor-General of India, and while there wrote in 1840 The Court & Camp of Runjeet Sing. Having transferred to the 26th Foot (The Cameronians, or Scottish Rifles), he served with that Regiment during the First China War from 5 July 1840 to 29 August 1842. He died on 28 December 1888.
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Cornet W. G. Osborne, 16th Lancers) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, minor official correction to ‘L’ of ‘Lancers’; China 1842 (Lieut. The Hon. W, G. Osborne, 26th Foot) with original straight bar suspension, good very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, June 1991; Dix Noonan Webb, March 2013.
The Hon. William Godolphin Osborne was born on 29 March 1804, the son of Lord Francis Godolphin Osborne, later 1st Baron Godolphin, and the grandson of the 5th Duke of Leeds; he was also a direct descendent of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
As a Cornet in the 16th Lancers, Osborne served at the Siege of Bhurtpoor in January 1826. Remaining in India, he subsequently travelled the country with his cousin George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, later Governor-General of India, and while there wrote in 1840 The Court & Camp of Runjeet Sing. Having transferred to the 26th Foot (The Cameronians, or Scottish Rifles), he served with that Regiment during the First China War from 5 July 1840 to 29 August 1842. He died on 28 December 1888.
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Pair: Lieutenant The Hon. W. G. Osborne, 16th Lancers, later 26th Regiment of Foot
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Cornet W. G. Osborne, 16th Lancers) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, minor official correction to ‘L’ of ‘Lancers’; China 1842 (Lieut. The Hon. W, G. Osborne, 26th Foot) with original straight bar suspension, good very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, June 1991; Dix Noonan Webb, March 2013.
The Hon. William Godolphin Osborne was born on 29 March 1804, the son of Lord Francis Godolphin Osborne, later 1st Baron Godolphin, and the grandson of the 5th Duke of Leeds; he was also a direct descendent of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
As a Cornet in the 16th Lancers, Osborne served at the Siege of Bhurtpoor in January 1826. Remaining in India, he subsequently travelled the country with his cousin George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, later Governor-General of India, and while there wrote in 1840 The Court & Camp of Runjeet Sing. Having transferred to the 26th Foot (The Cameronians, or Scottish Rifles), he served with that Regiment during the First China War from 5 July 1840 to 29 August 1842. He died on 28 December 1888.
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Cornet W. G. Osborne, 16th Lancers) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, minor official correction to ‘L’ of ‘Lancers’; China 1842 (Lieut. The Hon. W, G. Osborne, 26th Foot) with original straight bar suspension, good very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, June 1991; Dix Noonan Webb, March 2013.
The Hon. William Godolphin Osborne was born on 29 March 1804, the son of Lord Francis Godolphin Osborne, later 1st Baron Godolphin, and the grandson of the 5th Duke of Leeds; he was also a direct descendent of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
As a Cornet in the 16th Lancers, Osborne served at the Siege of Bhurtpoor in January 1826. Remaining in India, he subsequently travelled the country with his cousin George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, later Governor-General of India, and while there wrote in 1840 The Court & Camp of Runjeet Sing. Having transferred to the 26th Foot (The Cameronians, or Scottish Rifles), he served with that Regiment during the First China War from 5 July 1840 to 29 August 1842. He died on 28 December 1888.
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