Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Lieut. Wm. Jacob. 19th Bombay N.I.) toned, very fine £400-£500

Provenance: Spink 1963.

William Jacob was born in Bombay on 14 December 1837, son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Jacob, Bombay Artillery. He was educated at Cheltenham College, Rev. H. Shepherd’s, Cheam, and Mr Marie, Croydon. He was appointed Ensign in the 19th Bombay Native Infantry on 20 January 1855, and promoted to Lieutenant on 31 March 1858. He served during the Indian Mutiny as an Interpreter with H.M.’s 72nd Highlanders at the siege and capture of Kotah (Medal with clasp). He was promoted to Captain on 20 January 1867, and to Major on 20 January 1875. Served in Afghanistan in 1880-81 (Medal). He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on 20 January 1881, to Colonel on 20 January 1885, and to Major-General on 22 October 1894.

In 1861 he married a cousin, Eliza, a daughter of the Rev. G. A. Jacob, DD, of Teignmouth. They had two sons and two daughters, and at the time of his death the elder son, Lieutenant-General Sir Claud Jacob, K.C.B., was accompanying an army corps in France. The younger son, Lieutenant-Colonel Le Grand Jacob, C.I.E., D.S.O., was serving in India. Major-General William Jacob died on 9 March 1917. Sold with copied portrait of Jacob and other research.