A Group of Tickets and Passes Related to Horse Racing

YORKSHIRE, Doncaster, oval ivory (2), Ladies Stand, Erected 1858, backs named (No. 49, The Hon. R. Lawley; No. 50, The Hon. R. Lawley), both 51 x 38mm, 8.23g and 7.89g (W –; D & W –) [2]. Very fine and very rare; pierced for suspension, No. 49 with contemporary blue ribbon £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Group of Tickets and Passes Related to Horse Racing.

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Beilby Richard Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock (1818-80); served in the Yorkshire Hussars, rising to the rank of Colonel; MP for Pontefract 1851-2; succeeded to the barony and the family estate at Escrick, 1852; Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire 1864-80. He married Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor (1824-99), daughter of Richard, the 2nd Marquess, on 28 November 1846 at St George’s, Hanover square, London.

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