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NORTHUMBERLAND, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle Grand Stand, 1810, a silver pass, unsigned, grandstand, rev. named (Capt. Hon. J.A. Bennet, R.N.), 32mm, 13.04g (W –; D & W –; Mitchiner p.1860). Extremely fine, obverse dark-toned, very rare £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Racing Tickets and Passes, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: Tim Millett FPL 2005 (105).

John Astley Bennet (1778-1812), youngest son of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville (1743-1822), lost a leg in the naval action of 1 June 1794, when he was a midshipman on the Montague. While en route to London he died at Meriden, Warwickshire, on 14 September 1812, at the age of 33