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№ 1114

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5 March 2024

Hammer Price:
£75

Henry Brougham, 1818, silver medals (2), by G. Mills, bare head right, rev. legend within wreath, 36mm (BHM 970; E 1106); together with a Bois Durci portait plaquette, lord brougham, bare head left, 113mm [3]. All very fine; each with suspension loop
£70-£90

Brougham was Lord Chancellor between 1830-34, during which time both the Reform Act [1832] and the Slavery Abolition Act [1833] were passed into law.