A fine Collection of Medals to Members of the Royal Household

An impressive R.V.M. group of twelve awarded to Frederick Lowes, Groom Porter to Queen Victoria and Principal Gentleman Porter to King George V

Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., silver, unnamed; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, V.R. (To Frederick Lowes, Groom Porter, for Faithful Services to the Queen during 29 Years 1898); Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, silver (Frederick Lowes); Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911, silver; Denmark, King’s Medal of Recompense, Christian X, gold; Prussia, Order of the Red Eagle, Medal of the Order, 2nd type, gilt; Sweden, Royal Household Medal, with crown, Gustaf V, silver-gilt; France, Medal of Honour, silver; Serbia, Royal Household Medal, gilt; Spain, Order of Naval Merit, Silver Cross, silver; Portugal, Coronation Medal 1889, Carlos I, silvered, mounted court style for wear, some with contact marks, very fine and better (12) £1400-1800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A fine Collection of Medals to Members of the Royal Household.

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Frederick Lowes was born in 1841. He entered the service of Queen Victoria, as a Footman, on 1 November 1869. Listed as a Porter in the Department of the Master of the Horse in 1887; and as an Assistant Groom Porter in 1894. Awarded the Queen’s Faithful Service Medal in 1898 as a Groom Porter. Ranked as a Gentleman Porter in 1902, he was awarded the R.V.M. in Silver as 1st Gentleman Porter on 2 August 1910. Appointed Principal Gentleman Porter in 1911. He served as such during the reign of King George V and died, still in service, on 9 April 1918. Latterly living at 2 Consort Villas, Arthur Road, Clewer, Windsor; he was buried at Clewer Churchyard.

Additionally entitled to the Thai, Chulalongkorn Rajaruchi Medal in silver.