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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 205

(x) The R.V.M. and Victorian Faithful Service Medal group of three awarded to Clerk Comptroller of the Kitchen A. F. W. Lloyd, who served the Royal Household for the best part of half of century

Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., silver issue (Adolphus Frederick William Lloyd.), engraved naming, in its fitted case of issue; Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, silver issue; Victoria Faithful Service Medal, with two Additional Bars for further Service, reverse officially engraved 'To Mr A. F. W. Lloyd, Second Clerk of the Kitchen, for Faithful Services to The Queen, during 25 years, 1880', these last two mounted cavalry-style as worn and in fitted leather case by R. & S. Garrard & Co., very fine (3)

R.V.M. (Silver) confirmed in Windsor & Eton Express as presented by King Edward VII on 9 February.

Adolphus Frederick William Lloyd was born at Windsor in 1830 and first entered the service of Queen Victoria in 1855 as 4th Clerk of the Kitchen. Advanced 3rd Clerk in 1868, 2nd Clerk in 1880, 1st Clerk in 1883, he was eventually raised Clerk Comptroller in 1890. Lloyd had received the 60th Victoria Faithful Service Medal from The Queen in 1885, besides the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle 4th Class in 1890 and the Order of the Crown in 1900. He also took the Hesse Medal of the Order of Merit (Bronze) in 1890, when he shared in the Visit to Darmstadt in April 1890.

Retired in 1901, Lloyd died at Montpelier Villas, Brighton in December 1905, being buried in Norwood Cemetery.

His image was taken by Hills & Saunders for the Royal Household Portraits, Volume 54 (RCIN 2910296).

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Sold for
£1,700

Starting price
£1000