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Auction: 25113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 647

The Royal Victorian Order Commander's neck Badge attributed to Sir Homewood Crawford, the former Under-Sheriff of London and Middlesex who formally declared Queen Victoria to be the Empress of India

Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander's neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, on full length neck riband, very fine, in case of issue

Sir Henry Homewood Crawford worked as a solicitor before he served as Master to prominent livery companies of the City of London. He was born in 1850 and was educated at Thanet College (now East Kent College) before he qualified as a solicitor in 1872. Two years later, he married Louisa Truscott, the daughter of Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott, former Lord Mayor of London. Crawford set up a partnership named Crawford and Chester and worked as a solicitor for the Worshipful Company of Vintners. It was at this time that he served as the City of London's Land Tax Commissioner and the Under-Sheriff of London and Middlesex, a role in which he declared Queen Victoria to be the Empress of India. Between 1885 - 1924, Crawford served as the Solicitor of the Corporation of the City of London and while in that post, he served as the Master of several guilts including the Musician's Company, the Fanmaker's Company and the Glover's Company.

Crawford was then a founding member of the Municipal Officer's Association with whom he served as president. It then became a part of National and Local Government Officer's Association in 1905, with Crawford serving as president between 1907 - 1924. He was knighted in the 1900 Birthday Honours and in 1924, he was made Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

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