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Auction: 22101 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 430

The landmark M.V.O. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel. W. Chaine, 10th Hussars, Assistant Master of the Ceremonies, 1887-1901, for which he was awarded the first numbered M.V.O. Badge

The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s breast Badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘1'; Jubilee 1887, clasp 1897; Coronation 1902; Coronation 1911, good very fine, together with a brass plaque giving attribution details, previously housed in a frame (4)

M.V.O. London Gazette 16 August 1901. Presented by King Edward VII July 1901.

William Chaine was born in Antrim on 1 January 1838, the son of William Chaine of Moylina. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 7th Dragoon Guards on 12 December 1856, being promoted Lieutenant, 9 October 1857, Captain, 10 May 1864, before transferring to the 10th Hussars in June 1864. He commanded the Depot Troop which on 18 November 1872 which marched from Colchester to the Cavalry Depot at Canterbury when the 10th were ordered to send Service Troops to India.

Chaine retired in 1881 as Lieutenant-Colonel and was was appointed Marshal of Ceremonies to Queen Victoria, rising to Assistant Master of Ceremonies in 1887. He resigned soon after the death of The Queen, with his M.V.O. being bestowed by King Edward VII. He had married Maria Henrietta Sophia Phipps at Kensington Palace on 4 December 1872, his wife being a close friend of Queen Alexandra and Keeper of the State Apartments. They lived in a grace-and-favour apartment in the Palace. Lieutenant-Colonel Chaine died at Kensington Palace on 3 July 1916.

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