Auction Catalogue

30 March 2011

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 593

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£420

The mounted group of seven miniature dress medals attributed to Brigadier-General Sir Arthur E. Dalzell, 13th Earl of Carnwath
Order of the Bath, Military Division, gold and enamel, bulbous centres, straight bar suspension, gold buckle on ribbon, ribbon frayed; India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1889-92, Kachin Hills 1892-93; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, Relief of Kimberley, Driefontein, Paardeberg, Transvaal; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps; British War and Victory Medals; Portugal, Military Order of Aviz, gold and enamel, mounted as worn, very fine and better (7£180-220

Arthur Edward Dalzell was born on 25 December 1851, the son of Colonel Hon. Robert Alexander George Dalzell and Sarah Bushby Harris. His father was the fourth son of the 6th Earl of Carnwath. Educated at East Sheen and Cheltenham. He entered the Army as an Ensign in the 12th (Suffolk) Regiment in 1870 and the following year transferred to the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment, becoming a Lieutenant in November 1871, Captain in 1885 and Major in 1889. With his regiment he fought in the Burma War, 1891-92 and was in command of the Maingkhwan Column. Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1899, he served in the Boer War - being Commandant at Hellbron and was in command of the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry, December 1899-May 1902 - seeing action at Paardeberg, Poplar Grove and Driefontein. For his wartime services he was awarded the C.B. in 1900. He received the brevet of Colonel in 1903. Dalzell saw service in the Great War, raising the 12th Service Battalion Cheshire Regiment and was commanding officer of the 207th Brigade, 1915-16. He gained the rank of Honorary Brigadier-General in 1917. Brigadier-General Dalzell succeeded his nephew as 13th Earl of Carnwath in 1931. He died on 9 March 1941 and with his death the title became extinct.

With original portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform; commission documents (2) appointing him a Lieutenant in the 52nd Foot; another appointing him Captain; handwritten copy of a speech made by Dalzell on the occasion of the King of Portugal’s visit and inspection of the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry; telegrams (4) re the visit; together with copied research.