Baldwin & Sons
Auction 93 5 May 2015
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Medals by Subject, Law and Science, A Group of Badges of Office, Badges and Buttons, to J R W Alexander, Badges (2) of the Incorporated Accountants and Arbitrators, openwork Silver, hallmarked for 1958 and 1972; Gilt and enamel named badge of the Institution of Gas Engineers; with sundry others for attendance at conferences etc, many with enamelled design (12). Generally extremely fine. (15)
J R W Alexander, CBE (1897-1985), read History and Law at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, with degrees of BA and LLB in 1924. He was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple in 1925 and was successively Parliamentary Secretary to the Society of Incorporated Accountants and Arbitrators, Secretary to the Institution of Gas Engineers, President of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators, President of the Institute of Arbitrators and Chairman of the London Court of Arbitrators. The J R W Alexander Studentship at Fitzwilliam College honours him and he was the founder and first secretary and treasurer of the Fitzwilliam Society.
Estimate: £80-120
J R W Alexander, CBE (1897-1985), read History and Law at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, with degrees of BA and LLB in 1924. He was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple in 1925 and was successively Parliamentary Secretary to the Society of Incorporated Accountants and Arbitrators, Secretary to the Institution of Gas Engineers, President of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators, President of the Institute of Arbitrators and Chairman of the London Court of Arbitrators. The J R W Alexander Studentship at Fitzwilliam College honours him and he was the founder and first secretary and treasurer of the Fitzwilliam Society.
Estimate: £80-120