Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Baltic and Crimean War C.B. group awarded to Admiral Hon. S. T. Carnegie, Royal Navy

The Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge in gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, with wide swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle, lacking one Lion embellishment; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; Spain, Order of St Ferdinand, 3rd class breast cross, gold and enamels, and 1st class breast badge, gold and enamels, this chipped; Turkey, Order of the Medjidie, 4th class breast badge, silver with gold and enamel centre and crescent suspension, with set if five related miniatures, the C.B. in gold, with Turkish Crimea but excluding Spanish award, these mounted on a five-buckle silver brooch by E. & E. Emanuel with gold retaining pin, all contained in a fitted glazed case with silvered metal plaque inscribed ‘Adml. The Honble. S. T. Carnegie, C.B., Died Novr. 29th 1879’, generally good very fine (11) £1800-2200

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Ex Sotheby Northesk sale December 1994.

The Honourable Swynfen Thomas Carnegie was born in 1813, third son of William, 7th Earl of Northesk, hero and third in command at the battle of Trafalgar. He entered the Royal Navy in August 1826, receiving promotion to Lieutenant in April 1832 and Commander in June 1838. He saw active service aboard H.M.S. Castor off Spain, 1835-37, being awarded the Order of St Ferdinand, and again during the Baltic and Crimean operations of 1854-55, with the rank of Captain, in command of H.M.S. Tribune during the attack on Fort Constantine and at the destruction of a fort on the coast of Circassia. He was created a Companion of the Bath (London Gazette 5 July 1855) and awarded the Order of the Medjidie. Carnegie was promoted to Vice-Admiral in January 1870, full Admiral in 1876, and died on 29 November 1879.