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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 272

Miniature Awards: The Sudan War D.S.O. Group of Five Attributed to Brigadier-General The Hon. C. Lambton, Northumberland Fusiliers Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen´s Sudan 1896-98; Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal; King´s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps; Khedive´s Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Khartoum, nearly very fine or better, mounted as originally worn, and housed in a Spink, London, fitted leather case (5) Estimate £ 180-220 D.S.O. London Gazette 15.11.1898 The Hon. Charles Lambton, Major, The Northumberland Fusiliers ´In recognition of services during the recent operations in the Sudan.´ Brigadier-General The Hon. Charles Lambton, D.S.O., (1857-1949), the fourth son of the 2nd Earl of Durham; educated at Eton; gazetted to the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1876; Appointed A.D.C. to the Viceroy of Ireland, 1886; promoted Major, 1895; served in the Nile Expedition of 1898, being present at the battle of Khartoum, for which he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 30.9.1898) and created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order; served in the Boer War, in command of the 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers from 9.4.1900 to 31.5.1902. Involved in many operations, he was present in the advance on Kimberley, including actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein (Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 26.1.1900). He retired with the rank of Colonel in 1904; but was re-employed during the Great War as a Brigade Commander, with the rank of Brigadier-General, and from 1917 served as Commandant of the Durham Volunteer Regiment. In later life he took a keen interest in racing, and his horse Trimdon won the Ascot Gold Cup in 1931 and 1932.

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