Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 49 27 Oct 2020
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Commemorative Medals, G Education, Harrow School, the Joseph Neeld gold medal, for the 'Best proficient in Mathematics', by L. C. Wyon, and awarded 1853 to Coutts Trotter (1837–1887), head of Joseph Neeld l., ... SCHOLAE HARROVIENSIS CUSTOS ATQUE GUBERNATOR, rev. legend within olive wreath, DILIGENTIAE IN STUD. MATHEMAT. PRAEMIUM..., named and dated on edge, wt. 65.5gms.; 45.5mm. (BDM. VIII, 299, listed as 1854; not listed by Philip Attwood, Hard at Work, 2014), scuffed and edge bruised at 11 – 12 o'clock, better than very fine with much brilliance, very rare
Joseph Neeld (1789–1856), was MP first for the rotten borough of Gatton, Surrey [1830], then for Chippenham, Wilts. [1832-1856]. He was educated at Harrow and became a Governor. His wealth, from an £800,000 inheritance from the silversmith Philip Rundell, his great uncle, contributed to two scholarships a year for £30 to run for three years that he founded in 1840. In 1851 he established a gold medal for the 'Best proficient in Mathematics'. It was first awarded the following year and Coutts Trotter was the second recipient in 1853. Coutts Trotter became a Lyon Scholar in 1854. Coutts Trotter (1837-1887), a physicist and academic administrator, attended Trinity College Cambridge where, later, he was appointed Vice-Master, in 1885. (Further biographical details are sold with the lot).
(2500-3000 GBP)
Joseph Neeld (1789–1856), was MP first for the rotten borough of Gatton, Surrey [1830], then for Chippenham, Wilts. [1832-1856]. He was educated at Harrow and became a Governor. His wealth, from an £800,000 inheritance from the silversmith Philip Rundell, his great uncle, contributed to two scholarships a year for £30 to run for three years that he founded in 1840. In 1851 he established a gold medal for the 'Best proficient in Mathematics'. It was first awarded the following year and Coutts Trotter was the second recipient in 1853. Coutts Trotter became a Lyon Scholar in 1854. Coutts Trotter (1837-1887), a physicist and academic administrator, attended Trinity College Cambridge where, later, he was appointed Vice-Master, in 1885. (Further biographical details are sold with the lot).
(2500-3000 GBP)