Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted badge of a companion, inscribed ‘Rowland Money Esquire, Post Captain in the Royal Navy, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 4th June 1815, 190x115mm, good very fine £350-400

Rowland Money was born in 1792 and entered the Royal Navy in 1794 at the age of 14 years. During the Napoleonic wars he saw much service at home and abroad, including escorting troops in the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807. In April 1814 he was appointed to the command of the Trave on the American station, and was repeatedly officially noticed for his gallantry, particularly at the capture of Washington, destruction of Commodore Barney’s flotilla in the Patuxent, and while commanding a division of seamen in the storming of a Battery on the banks of the Mississippi in 1815, on which occasion he was severely wounded and had both bones in his right leg broken by a musket shot. Due to his wounds Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane gave him leave to return to England and entrusted him with his despatches. He was promoted to Post-Rank in March 1815, and was appointed as one of the first Companions of the Bath in June 1815. In the following year he was awarded a pension of £250 for his wounds.