Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The mounted group of three miniature dress medals worn by Mr C. G. W. Hastings, C.I.E., Inspector-General of Police in the Punjab and Under-Secretary to the Govenment of India

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Jowaki 1877-8; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp; India General Service 1895-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98, mounted on contemporary wearing bar, very fine (3) £140-£180

Charles Godolphin William Hastings was born on 29 June 1854, 2nd son of the Rev. Hon. Richard Godolphin Hastings, 4th son of 11th Earl of Huntingdon. He married, 1882, Margaret Logie, daughter of Genral Sir J. D. Macpherson, K.C.B., one son. Educated at Haileybury, he entered the Punjab Police in 1873; Political Officer, Kurram; served Jowaki Expedition (medal with clasp); Afghan War (medal); Chitral Relief Force (medal with clasp); Tirah Campaign (3 clasps); Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire, 22 June 1897; Inspector-General of Police, N.W.F. Province, 1901; and of the Punjab, 1904; Uner-Secretary to Government, 1904-07; retired 1909; also entitled to medal for Delhi Durbar of 1903. Mr Charles Hastings died on 26 February 1920.

For the recipient’s full-sized awards, see Lot 168.