Three: Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Rotton, 11th Light Dragoons

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Salamanca (Cornet, 11th Lt. Dgns.); Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Captn., 11th Lt Drags.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut., 11th Dragoons) fitted with silver ball and straight bar suspension, this a contemporary re-named medal, first two medals good very fine or better, the last with contact wear and edge bruising, better than good fine (3) £3500-4000

Lieutenant Colonel James Richard Rotton entered the 11th Light Dragoons as a Cornet on 27 June 1811; Lieutenant, 9 January 1812; Captain, 18 September 1817; Major, 11 August 1828; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, 23 November 1841; retired 1854. Served with the 11th Light Dragoons in the Peninsula from April 1812 to June 1813, including the battle of Salamanca (Medal with clasp); also in the campaign of 1815, including actions at Quatre Bras and Waterloo (Medal); and at the siege and capture of Bhurtpoor 1825-26 (Medal with clasp). Lieutenant Colonel Rotton was a J.P. for Sussex and died at Chichester on 13 February 1855, aged 60.