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Auction: 9004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 931

The Two Sets of Miniature Awards Worn by Lieutenant-Colonel W.H. Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, Worcestershire Yeomanry, Mayor of Dudley, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and Governor-General of Australia The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Civil Division, Knight Grand Cross (G.C.B.) badge, gold; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Knight Grand Cross (G.C.M.G.) badge, gold and enamel; The Royal Victorian Order, Knight Grand Cross (G.C.V.O.) badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Knight´s badge, silver and enamel; Territorial Decoration, E.VII.R., silver and silver-gilt, with top riband bar; Jubilee (Mayors and Provosts) 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911; Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Driefontein, Diamond Hill, Belfast, nearly extremely fine The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Knight´s badge, silver and enamel; Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Jubilee (Mayors and Provosts) 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911; Territorial Decoration, E.VII.R., silver and silver-gilt, lacking top riband bar, generally nearly extremely fine (18) Estimate £ 400-500 The construction of the two groups allows for the insignia of the three Orders of Knighthood to be detached and worn with either the pre-Great War set of miniatures (with the Coronation and Jubilee Medals worn before the Campaign Medal), or with the post-Great War set of miniatures (with the Coronation and Jubilee Medals worn after the Campaign Medals); additionally, the position of the three orders can be interchanged, depending upon the occasion. As a former Grand Master of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, the recipient would have been entitled to wear the full size insignia of this Office; however, insignia of this Order is never represented in miniature. G.C.B. London Gazette 10.10.1911 The Right Honourable William Humble, Earl of Dudley, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O. G.C.M.G. London Gazette 2.6.1908 The Right Honourable the Earl of Dudley, P.C., G.C.V.O., on appointment to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth of Australia G.C.V.O. London Gazette 11.8.1903 His Excellency William Humble, Earl of Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ´´On the occasion of His Majesty´´s visit to Ireland.´´ T.D. London Gazette 2.4.1909 Major (Honorary Major in the Army) The Right Honourable William Humble, The Earl of Dudley, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., Worcestershire Yeomanry (The Queen´´s Own Worcestershire Hussars) Lieutenant-Colonel William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., T.D., (1867-1932), born London, the son of William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, and Georgiana, Countess of Dudley, and elder brother of Captain the Hon. Reginald Ward, D.S.O.; educated at Eton; succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Dudley, 1885; Major, Worcestershire Yeomanry, September 1893; Mayor of Dudley, 1895-96; Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, 1895-1902; served in the Boer War as D.A.A.G. for Imperial Yeomanry, and present at the operations in the Orange Free State, February-May 1900, including the actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River, and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May-June 1900, including the actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill; and operations in the Transvaal east of Pretoria, July-November 1900, including the action at Belfast; Appointed a Member of the Privy Council, 11.8.1902 (London Gazette 12.8.1902); Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Grand Master of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, 1902-05; Governor-General of Australia, 1908-11; Lieutenant-Colonel, 10.11.1913; Commanded the 1st Worcestershire Yeomanry in Egypt and Gallipoli, 1915; Commandant, East Mudros, 1915; attached Headquarter Staff, 40th Division, 1916.

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