Jewellery, Watches, Silver and Objects of Vertu

A set of eight George III silver dinner plates, with gadrooned rims, later engraved with the coat of arms of Henry Paget as Marquess of Anglesey, within a garter, by Frances Butty & Nicholas Dumee, London 1769, diameter 24cm. (8) ,
£3,000-£4,000

Henry William Paget (1769-1854), 2nd Earl of Uxbridge and 1st Marquess of Anglesey, is best known for his distinguished service at the Battle of Waterloo, where he was placed in command of the united British, Belgian and Hanoverian cavalry under Wellington, who inflicted a crushing blow to the French, thereby contributing in large part to Napoleon’s defeat.

After the battle he was created Marquess of Anglesey and, later, Knight of the Garter, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Master-General of the Ordnance.