St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (Colonel Sir H. C. Perrott, Bart. 1902.) good very fine £400-£500

Sir Herbert Charles Perrott was born at Charlton, Kent, on 26 October 1849, and succeeded his father as 6th Baronet in 1886. Educated at Ipswich Grammar School, he was Assistant Secretary Order of St John Of Jerusalem from 1875 to 1888; Secretary from 1894 to 1910; Secretary-General from 1910 to 1915; Knight of Justice St John of Jerusalem from 1876; Titular Bailiff of Eagle from 1915; Chief Secretary of St John Ambulance Association from its formation in 1877, until 1915; Member, late Vice Chairman of the Joint War Committee of the Order of St John and British Red Cross Society; Companion of the Bath from 1902; and Companion of Honour from 1918. In 1901 he married Ethel Lucy, daughter of Captain Marcus S. Hare, R.N., and who later became Lady Superintendent-in-Chief of Nursing Divisions, St John Ambulance Brigade and Lady Commandant-in-Chief of Women’s V.A.D. Territorial Branch St John Ambulance Association. Sir Herbert Perrott died on 15 February 1922.