Gloucestershire Medals from the Collection of the Late Barry Greenaway

19th Century, Gloucestershire, Cirencester, Election, 1852, a white metal medal, unsigned, ram advancing left, joseph randolph mullings esqr…member for cirencester, rev. frontal elevation of Hatherop Castle, ashley ponsonby esqr…member for cirencester, 38mm (D & W –; Taylor –); Royal Agricultural College, 1872, a bronze medal by J.S. and A.B. Wyon, bust of Edward Holland left, rev. crowned legend in wreath, 34mm (BHM –) [2]. First good very fine but pierced, second extremely fine, both rare (£30-50)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Gloucestershire Medals from the Collection of the Late Barry Greenaway.

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Provenance:
First bt Bayliss July 1985
Second bt Format October 1999.

Joseph Randolph Mullings (1792-1859), Watermoor House, Cirencester, solicitor, MP for Cirencester 1848-59; Ashley George John Ponsonby (1831-98), Hatherop Castle, magistrate, elected MP 7 July 1852. Ponsonby sold Hatherop Castle to the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh in 1862 but the Maharajah soon tired of it and put the house back on the market. The Prince of Wales showed an interest in buying it but, because the shooting was not thought to be good enough, purchased Sandringham instead