Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of the Royal Antidiluvian Order of Buffaloes Medal, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Present to Sir G. Stanley for services rendered as Grand Primo during 1931’, with ornate riband suspension, riband bar, and top suspension bar, in case of issue, about extremely fine £60-£80

The Rt. Hon. Sir George Frederick Stanley, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., C.M.G. was born on 14 October 1872, the sixth son of the 16th Earl of Derby, and the grandson of the former Prime Minister. He was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Artillery in 1893, and was advanced Captain in 1900. He served in South Africa during the Boer War, and was Adjutant to the Honourable Artillery Company from 1904 to 1909. He saw further service during the Great War on the Western Front, for which he was Mentioned in Despatches and appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. As Member of Parliament for Preston, he served as Controller of H.M. Household in 1919, and was later Governor of Madras from 1929 to 1934, and Acting Viceroy of India in 1934. He died on 1 July 1938.