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Auction: 23003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 117

(x) The Order of the Garter worn by the 2nd Earl Granville

The Most Noble Order of the Garter, K.G., a Victorian Garter, circa 1850-60, the blue silk Garter with legend embroidered in gilt wire letters, silver-gilt buckle, overall wear and tarnished gilt, otherwise very fine

Provenance:
Sotheby's, January 1977 'The property of the Rt. Hon. The Earl Granville, M.C.'.
Glendining's, December 1989, Lot 61.

Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-91), was nominated a Knight of the Garter on 6 July 1857. Earl Granville represented Queen Victoria at Tsar Alexander II's Coronation in 1856 and was created K.G. the following year. A Member of Parliament from 1836, he served as Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1868-70, and as Foreign Secretary, 1870-74 & 1880-85 in Gladstone's first two administrations. His first period as Foreign Secretary coincided with the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, when he tried unsuccessfully to arrange an armistice.


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Sold for
£1,500

Starting price
£900