International Exhibition of all Fine Arts Industries and Inventions, 1874, a bronze medal by G.T. Morgan, bust of Prince of Wales left, rev. Albert Hall, named (The Right Hon. Sir Stafford H. Northcote, Bart, C.B., M.P., for Services), 52mm (BHM 2992; E 1633). Reverse edge knock at 5 o’clock, otherwise virtually as struck; in original maroon case of issue by G.T. Morgan, 144 Finboro’ Rd, London £70-£90

Sir Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, GVB, PC, FRS (1818-87); b London; educ. Eton and Balliol College, Oxford; private secretary to W.E. Gladstone at the Board of Trade, 1843; Conservative MP for Dudley 1855-7, Stamford 1858-66 and North Devon, 1866-85; Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1859; President of the Board of Trade, 1866; Secretary of State for India, 1867; Governor of the Hudson’s Bay Co, 1870-1; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1874; elevated to the House of Lords, 1885; died suddenly at 10 Downing Street, 12 January 1887