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The 2-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Commander W. S. Stanhope, Royal Navy,...
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The 2-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Commander W. S. Stanhope, Royal Navy, for his services as a Lieutenant in the Berwick at Gaieta in 1815, and in the Impregnable at Algiers in 1816 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Gaieta 24 July 1815, Algiers (W. S. Stanhope, Lieut. R.N.) nearly extremely fine £4,000-£5,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: J. B. Hayward & Son, June 1975; Dix Noonan Webb, June 2000. Approximately 88 clasps issued for the attack on Gaieta, near Naples. William Spencer Stanhope/Roddam was born on 4 January 1793, fourth son of Walter Spencer Stanhope, of Cannon Hall, Yorkshire. He entered the navy in March 1806, as First-class Volunteer on board the Ocean 98, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of his cousin Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood, with whom he continued to serve as Midshipman in the Ville de Paris 110, until the death of that veteran hero in March 1810. After several appointments he was promoted, August 1812, to the rank of Lieutenant and removed to the Berwick 74, Captain Edward Brace. In that ship he co-operated in the reduction of Genoa and the siege of Gaieta in July 1815. Following Captain Brace, in July 1816, into the Impregnable 104, he fought, on the 16th of the next month, at the battle of Algiers. In 1818 he assumed the surname and arms of Roddam, having inherited, in 1806, the estates of his kinsman and godfather Admiral Robert Roddam, and dispensed also with his former forename of Spencer. Soon afterwards he was placed on half-pay and did not serve afloat again. He was promoted to Retired Commander in October 1854, and died in late 1864, aged 70.
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The 2-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Commander W. S. Stanhope, Royal Navy, for his services as a Lieutenant in the Berwick at Gaieta in 1815, and in the Impregnable at Algiers in 1816 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Gaieta 24 July 1815, Algiers (W. S. Stanhope, Lieut. R.N.) nearly extremely fine £4,000-£5,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: J. B. Hayward & Son, June 1975; Dix Noonan Webb, June 2000. Approximately 88 clasps issued for the attack on Gaieta, near Naples. William Spencer Stanhope/Roddam was born on 4 January 1793, fourth son of Walter Spencer Stanhope, of Cannon Hall, Yorkshire. He entered the navy in March 1806, as First-class Volunteer on board the Ocean 98, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of his cousin Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood, with whom he continued to serve as Midshipman in the Ville de Paris 110, until the death of that veteran hero in March 1810. After several appointments he was promoted, August 1812, to the rank of Lieutenant and removed to the Berwick 74, Captain Edward Brace. In that ship he co-operated in the reduction of Genoa and the siege of Gaieta in July 1815. Following Captain Brace, in July 1816, into the Impregnable 104, he fought, on the 16th of the next month, at the battle of Algiers. In 1818 he assumed the surname and arms of Roddam, having inherited, in 1806, the estates of his kinsman and godfather Admiral Robert Roddam, and dispensed also with his former forename of Spencer. Soon afterwards he was placed on half-pay and did not serve afloat again. He was promoted to Retired Commander in October 1854, and died in late 1864, aged 70.
Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas (Part 2)
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