Baldwin's of St. James's
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The Pavilion Collection, Commemorative Medals, George IV, Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, First Mathematical Prize, silver medal, awarded to John Brocas Whalley Smythe Gardiner, 1828, by William Wyon [signed], bare head of the King l., signed below truncation, W. WYON F. MINT, legend around, GEORGIUS IIII D:G: BRITANNIARUM REX – 1820, rev. FIRST MATHEMATICAL PRIZE – ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, and presentation inscription within laurel wreath, 'Awarded to John Brocas Whalley Smythe Gardiner 1828', 57mm. (Carlisle p.162; BHM.-; Eimer -), in velvet-lined red leather case of issue, a beautiful example with even grey tone, mint state and extremely rare
bt Bloomsbury Auction, 30 March 2006, lot 155
Sir John Brocas Whalley Smythe Gardiner, 4th baronet (1814-1868) did not progress far in the Navy and there is no simple way of checking from the published sources whether he ever served as a Midshipman. He was not serving in 1849 as he does not appear in O'Byrne's Biographical Dictionary published that year, nor does he appear in the alphabetical lists of Lieutenants in the Navy Lists of 1835, 1837, 1839 or 1841.
The Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, was established in 1806, from the earlier Royal Naval Academy. It closed briefly in 1837 and re-opened the following year. In 1872 the College moved to Greenwich.
(350-450 GBP)
bt Bloomsbury Auction, 30 March 2006, lot 155
Sir John Brocas Whalley Smythe Gardiner, 4th baronet (1814-1868) did not progress far in the Navy and there is no simple way of checking from the published sources whether he ever served as a Midshipman. He was not serving in 1849 as he does not appear in O'Byrne's Biographical Dictionary published that year, nor does he appear in the alphabetical lists of Lieutenants in the Navy Lists of 1835, 1837, 1839 or 1841.
The Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, was established in 1806, from the earlier Royal Naval Academy. It closed briefly in 1837 and re-opened the following year. In 1872 the College moved to Greenwich.
(350-450 GBP)