Baldwin's of St. James's
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Volunteer Regiment: Napoleonic Wars, The St. Mary Le Strand and Somerset House Volunteers, the Captain's 16-pointed breast star, c.1812, central enamelled roundel of Royal Arms as adapted for the Duke of Sussex, with Lion and Unicorn supporters, Garter around, HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, the circular border and star points decorated with white and tinted brilliants, rev. plain but engraved 'Captn. W. Sterling / Somerset House / Volunteers', 80mm., suspension ring to top point, a rare piece of Georgian military jewellery, extremely fine
Bt. Spink, Numismatic Circular, April 1957 (no. 15996 - £20); and previous illustrated listing, no. 1851 - £18-10s
Sir Walter Stirling [Sterling], Bt.(1758–1832), banker and politician, MP for Gatton, Surrey (1799-1802) and St. Ives, Cornwall (1807-20). He was born in Philadelphia (his father, a naval Captain and later Admiral, was knighted after the capture of St. Eustatius by Admiral Rodney, in 1781). He was appointed Captain commandant then Major commandant of the Somerset House Volunteers in 1798; later Lt-Col. with the Prince of Wales's Loyal Middlesex Volunteers (1803-08) and a member of the London and Westminster Light Horse (1803-07). Stirling was a director of the Globe Insurance Co. and a partner in the bank of Hodsoll and Michel (later Hodsoll and Stirling) in the Strand. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and in 1801 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. His wife Susannah was the daughter and heiress of George Trenchard Goodenough
The central enamel roundel is used on an extremely rare jewel of the Lodge of Antiquity, No. London, one of the four old lodges which constituted Grand Lodge. It was instituted in 1812 when the Duke of Sussex became the Worshipful Master and was named the Royal Medal. In 1814 the Duke was elected Master of the Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge for whom he also instituted a medal. Whatever the link, it would seem to demonstrate that the Duke of Sussex had close involvement with the St. Mary Le Strand and Somerset House Volunteers (cf G. L. Shakles, The Medals of British Freemasonary, Hamburg, 1901, No. 34, pl IV; The Rev. H. Poole, A Catalogue of Masonic Medals, Worcester, 1939, No. 82, pl X).
(400-600 GBP)
Bt. Spink, Numismatic Circular, April 1957 (no. 15996 - £20); and previous illustrated listing, no. 1851 - £18-10s
Sir Walter Stirling [Sterling], Bt.(1758–1832), banker and politician, MP for Gatton, Surrey (1799-1802) and St. Ives, Cornwall (1807-20). He was born in Philadelphia (his father, a naval Captain and later Admiral, was knighted after the capture of St. Eustatius by Admiral Rodney, in 1781). He was appointed Captain commandant then Major commandant of the Somerset House Volunteers in 1798; later Lt-Col. with the Prince of Wales's Loyal Middlesex Volunteers (1803-08) and a member of the London and Westminster Light Horse (1803-07). Stirling was a director of the Globe Insurance Co. and a partner in the bank of Hodsoll and Michel (later Hodsoll and Stirling) in the Strand. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and in 1801 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. His wife Susannah was the daughter and heiress of George Trenchard Goodenough
The central enamel roundel is used on an extremely rare jewel of the Lodge of Antiquity, No. London, one of the four old lodges which constituted Grand Lodge. It was instituted in 1812 when the Duke of Sussex became the Worshipful Master and was named the Royal Medal. In 1814 the Duke was elected Master of the Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge for whom he also instituted a medal. Whatever the link, it would seem to demonstrate that the Duke of Sussex had close involvement with the St. Mary Le Strand and Somerset House Volunteers (cf G. L. Shakles, The Medals of British Freemasonary, Hamburg, 1901, No. 34, pl IV; The Rev. H. Poole, A Catalogue of Masonic Medals, Worcester, 1939, No. 82, pl X).
(400-600 GBP)