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Auction: 1005 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 3

The Important G.C.B., Large Army Gold Medal, and Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword Group of Three to Lieutenant-General Kenneth Alexander Howard, Earl of Effingham; Who Was Wounded Whilst Serving with the Coldstream Guards at the Battle of Amand, 8.5.1793; He Served as a Divisional Commander at the Battles of Vittoria and Nive, and acted as Earl Marshal for the Coronation of King George IV, 1821 a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Knight Grand Cross (G.C.B.) Star, 100mm, silver, gold, and enamel, the reverse engraved ´Rundell Bridge & Rundell, Jewellers To His Majesty, and all The Royal Family´, with gold retaining pin b) General Officer´s Large Gold Medal for Vittoria, one clasp, Nive (Major General Kenneth Howard), glazed in lunettes, with all proper gold suspension fittings and full neck cravat c) Portugal, Kingdom, Royal Order of the Tower and Sword, Knight Commander´s set of insignia, large neck Badge, 83mm including tower suspension x 66mm, gold, with full neck cravat and original fastening devices; Star, 96mm, silver, gold, and enamel, the reverse engraved, ´Rundell Bridge & Rundell, Jewellers To Their Majesties, His Royal Highness The Prince Regent, & the Royal Family, with gold retaining pin, two letters of legend damaged on last, minor enamel damage, otherwise nearly extremely fine, together with 22 silver Coldstream Guard Club buttons, obverse engraved with Garter Star and ´Nulli Secundus´ legend, 18 large and 4 small, the majority hallmarked and with varying maker´s initials stamped on reverse (4) Estimate £ 38,000-42,000 Lieutenant-General Kenneth Alexander Howard, Earl of Effingham, G.C.B. (1767-1845); was a direct descendant of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, who was the Commander-in-Chief of the English Fleet against the Spanish Armada, 1588; commissioned Ensign 2nd Foot Guards, 1786; embarked for and served in the campaign in Flanders, February 1793; Lieutenant in the same year and Adjutant from the 1st of September; served with the regiment on the continent, wounded at the battle of St. Amand, and returned to England with the Guards in May 1795; the battle of St. Amand, 8.5.1793, was an unsuccessful French attempt to lift the Allied siege of Condé-sur-l´Escaut; the French Commanding Officer, the Comte de Dampierre, had already tried a similar attack a few days prior to this and in both cases nearly been successful, however on the latter date the Allied forces were reinforced at a crucial time by the Duke of York, in the shape of the Coldstream Guards; the Guards attacked the French position in the surrounding forest, and whilst beaten back suffering approximately 70 casualties the effect was enough to show that the Allies had been strongly reinforced, leading to the withdrawal of the French; Dampierre was mortally wounded leading a frontal assault on the Allied position at Vicoigne; Condé was forced to surrender on the 10th July; appointed Major of Brigade to the guards sent to Ireland, June 1793, in which capacity he served throughout the whole of the rebellion; promoted to a Captain-Lieutenancy, December 1797; accompanied the regiment to the Helder, August 1799; subsequent appointments included as Deputy Inspector-General of Foreign Corp and Commandant of the Foreign Depot; appointed Colonel and Aide-de-Camp to the King, 1.1.1805; advanced Major-General 1810; served on the Staff of the army in Spain and Portugal and was a Divisional Commander at the Battles of Vittoria (21.6.1813) and Nive (9-13.12.1813); at Vittoria he commanded the 1st Division, as part of the Left Column under the overall command of Lieutenant-General Thomas Graham, where they were involved in a hard fought action against Major-General Honoré Reille´s troops of the Army of Portugal; at Nive Howard once again commanded the 1st Division, this time as a consequence of Lord Hopetoun being wounded in front of the citadel at Bayonne; he subsequently served on the Home Staff as Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth; he was created one of the first K.C.B.s following the expansion of the Order after the Napoleonic Wars, January 1815; received the Colonelcy of the 70th Foot, 1816; Lieutenant-General 1819; acted as Earl Marshal for the Coronation of King George IV, 1821 (G.C.B.); received the Colonelcy of the 3rd Foot, 1832; created Earl of Effingham, 1837.

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