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Lot 143 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF NEIL AND SHARON PHILLIPS
A FINE PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT WARMING DISHES**
MARK OF PHILIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1823
Closed26 October 2007
Price Realised
USD 27,400
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Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland was a Tory politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under the Duke of Wellington from 1829 to 1830 and as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1840-1847.
In 1825, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary at the coronation of Charles X of France, defraying the expenses himself, "astonishing the continental nobility with the magnitude of his retinue, the gorgeousness of his equipage, and the profuseness of his liberality." The coach which he used at the coronation can be seen today at Alnwick Castle, the Percy family seat.
CAPTION: Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland, by William Holl, Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London
In 1825, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary at the coronation of Charles X of France, defraying the expenses himself, "astonishing the continental nobility with the magnitude of his retinue, the gorgeousness of his equipage, and the profuseness of his liberality." The coach which he used at the coronation can be seen today at Alnwick Castle, the Percy family seat.
CAPTION: Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland, by William Holl, Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London