Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (A. G. E. Murray, Midshipman.) minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine £800-1000

Augustus George Ernest Murray was born in 1823, the eldest son of the Revd. Edward Murray Vicar of Northolt, and his wife Ruperta, daughter of Sir George Wright, Bt. He was the great-grandson of the 3rd Duke of Atholl, and counted a Lord Bishop of Rochester, a Countess of Ilchester, and a Maid of Honour to H.M. Queen Victoria amongst his uncles and aunts. He entered the Royal Navy and served as a Midshipman in H.M.S. Asia during the operations on and off the coast of Syria in 1840. He was advanced to Lieutenant on 9 November 1846, and subsequently served in the English Channel as Mate of the St. Vincent, prior to going on half-pay.