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Auction: 5019 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 412

Family Group: Three: Admiral the Honourable G.H. Douglas, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria (Geo. H. Douglas, Midshipman.); Baltic 1854-55 (Comdr. Geo. H. Douglas. H.M.S. Cruizer), privately engraved in small sans serif capitals; St Jean d´Acre Medal, silver (Geo. H. Douglas. Mdsn. H.M.S. Carysfort.) very fine or better Pair: Lieutenant the Honourable A.R.S. Douglas, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. Hon. A.R.S. Douglas. 1/Lovat´s Scts.); British War Medal (Lieut. The Hon. A.R.S. Douglas. R.N.V.R.), nearly extremely fine (5) Estimate £ 1,400-1,800Admiral the Honourable George Henry Douglas, Royal Navy (1821-1905), Second son of George Sholto Douglas, Earl of Morton; great-uncle of Lieutenant the Honourable Archibald Roderick Sholto Douglas. Entered the Royal Navy 1835; served in H.M.S. Carysfort as Midshipman during operations on and off the coast of Syria including the bombardment of Acre 1840 (Mentioned in Despatches). Lieutenant 22.10.1844; promoted Commander 1.5.1851; Captain 10.5.1856. Retired from the Service 1.7.1866; Rear-Admiral 11.6.1874; Vice-Admiral 1.2.1879; Admiral 27.3.1885; Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire. Lieutenant the Honourable Archibald Roderick Sholto Douglas, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, late Leicestershire Imperial Yeomanry and Lovat´s Scouts, (1883-1971), Third son of Sholto George Watson Douglas, Earl of Morton; and great-nephew of Admiral the Honourable George Henry Douglas. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Leicestershire Imperial Yeomanry, 9.11.1901; Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 9.8.1916.

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