Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 June 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 607

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26 June 2008

Hammer Price:
£400

Commission Documents, all on vellum, appointing Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner to be Ensign in the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards, 20 February 1782, signed by George III; to be a Colonel in the Army, 1805, signed by George III; to be Colonel of a Regiment of Infantry for Service at the Cape of Good Hope, 20 March 1811, signed by George Prince Regent; to be a General in the Army from 22 July 1830, dated 1 December 1830, signed by William IV; together with two further commissions relating to his son Frederick Henry Turner as Ensign in the 3rd Foot Guards and as Ensign & Lieutenant in the same regiment, all water damaged and dificult to read in parts (Lot) £100-150