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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 397

(x) The mounted group of eight miniature dress medals worn by Admiral R. G. A. W. Stapleton-Cotton, C.B., C.B.E., M.V.O., Royal Navy, Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod, Registrar and Secretary of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion's Badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, (C.B.E.), Military Division, Commander's 1st type badge, silver-gilt and enamel, minor enamel damage to lower arm of cross; Royal Victorian Order, Badge, silver and enamel; British War and Victory Medals; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Union of South Africa Commemoration Medal, mounted as originally worn, generally very fine or better (8)

PROVENANCE:
Spink, April 2015.

Richard Grenville Arthur Wellington Stapleton-Cotton was born in November 1873 at Wellington Barracks, the eldest surviving son of Colonel The Honourable Richard Southwell George Stapleton-Cotton of Plas Llwynon, Anglesey. Entering the Royal Navy as a Cadet in 1887, he was created M.V.O. in September 1905 'on the occasion of His Majesty's visit to Marienbad', and had risen to the rank of Captain by the eve of the Great War. He was subsequently created C.B.E. for 'valuable services as Flag Captain to the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, during the first two years of the War, and in connection with the escort of troopships from Southampton to Havre.'

Appointed Aide-de-Camp to H.M. The King in 1922, he was awarded the C.B. in 1926 and promoted Vice-Admiral - and appointed Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod of the Order of the Bath - in 1928. Made Registrar and Secretary of the Order of the Bath in 1932, he retired in the rank of Admiral in the same year. He subsequently took part in the procession during the Coronation of King George VI in 1937 and died on 5 January 1953 in Merionethshire.


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