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Auction: 5012 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 142

Waterloo 1815 (The Master of the Mint to the Rt. Hon. the Speaker), good very fine, with later silver clip and split ring suspension Estimate £ 1,200-1,500Royal Mint minute 03.06.1816 "The Master of the Mint has directed Waterloo Medals to be struck in Fine Silver, and to be presented as a Gift by him to the persons undermentioned. On the edge of the Medal is to be inscribed ´The Gift of the Master of the Mint to the Earl of Liverpool´ and so of the rest according to the name: His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief The Earl of Harrowby Lord Eldon Earl of Westmoreland Earl of Liverpool Rt. Hon. N. Vansittart Lord Viscount Melville Earl of Mulgrave Lord Viscount Sidmouth Lord Viscount Castlereagh Earl Bathurst Rt. Hon. Charles Bathurst Rt. Hon. Charles Long James W. Morrison Esq. John Barton Esq. Robert Bingley Esq. William Dickson Esq. James Lawson Esq. The Provost of the Company of Moneyers Thomas Wyon Esq. Rt. Hon. George Canning Marquis Wellesley Lady Eleanor Butler Rt. Hon. Speaker of the House of Commons James Crofton Esq. John Rennie Esq. Ambassador of the Netherlands The British Museum Lady Fitzroy Somerset The Governor and Company of the Bank of England Countess of Mornington Duchess of Richmond Richard Paine Knight Esq. Robert Mushet Esq. Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bt. Sir Henry Torrens Duchess Dowager of Beaufort Colonel Allan His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent. The Deputy Master of the Mint will be so good as to pay the expenses of these Medals, and charge it to the Master´s private account." The Speaker at the time was Charles Abbot, later 1st Baron Colchester (1757-1829). Although the medal refers to his Office, it was in fact awarded to him personally, and has never formed part of the Speaker´s official regalia.

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