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Auction: 26002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 256

Empress of India 1877, silver (Lt. A. C. Talbot, I.S.C.), edge bruise, scuff to Queen’s cheek, very fine

[K.C.I.E.] upgraded - having taken the C.I.E. in 1885 - for his efforts on the Special Duty of August 1895 when he went to England with Sardar Nasrulla Khan of Kabul.

Adelbert Cecil Talbot was born on 3 June 1845 and educated at Eton. He joined the Royal Artillery as a Lieutenant in January 1867 and transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps in 1869, serving with the 4th Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent. He served on special duty with the Afghan Commissioner during the Seistan arbitration in 1872-73, and was appointed Assistant Agent in Rajputana in the latter year. In the following year he was Attaché in the Foreign Department and officiating Assistant Secretary to the Government of India, Legislation Department in 1875-76. He was appointed acting Assistant Resident and Assistant General Superintendent in the Thugi and Dacoiti Department, Hyderabad in 1878, and also 1st Assistant Agent in Rajputana in February of the same year. Promoted to Captain in 1879, he was in the same year made a Fellow of Calcutta University.

Talbot was appointed successively as Political Agent to the Eastern Rajputana States, Bhartpur and Karauli, and in Bikanir. He officiated as Resident in Turkish Arabia in 1888-89 and then in the Persian Gulf 1891. Returning to India after his Mission to England, Talbot was appointed Resident in Kashmir from June 1896 until he reverted to military duties in November 1900. Sir Adelbert Talbot died on 28 December 1920.

His other awards were sold in the Magor Collection in 2003.

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Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£320