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Pitt Club, an oval gilt badge, similar, rev. named (Captn. W. Bowles, R.N.), 45 x 40mm (D & W 176/582; MG 1117). Replacement onyx centre, otherwise very fine; with integral loop and ring for suspension £90-120

William Bowles, FRGS (1780-1869), entered the Navy 9 September 1796; served in the Napoleonic War, Halifax (Nova Scotia), the Baltic and South America, 1796-1820; appointed extra Naval ADC to William IV, 5 September 1831; CB 18 April 1839; MP for Launceston 1844-52; Vice-Admiral of the Blue 8 March 1852; Admiral of the Blue 28 November 1857; C-in-C Portsmouth 1859. Sold with biographical extract from O’Byrne’s Naval Biography and a copy illustration of the recipient