Aust Historical Medals
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Lot 524 Aust Historical Medals
Estimate $400
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SOLD $400
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1879, in silver (71mm) by J.S. & A.B. Wyon reverse inscribed 'The Hon./ Robert/ Henry Meade/ For/ Services'. Heavily pitted otherwise very fine.
Meade, Robert Henry, Sir (1835-1898), civil servant; second son of Richard Charles Francis Meade, third earl of Clanwilliam; of Eton and Exeter College, Oxford; MA. 1860; entered Foreign Office, 1859; accompanied prince of Wales (later Edward VII) on tour in Palestine and Eastern Europe, 1861-2; groom of bedchamber to prince of Wales 1862; private secretary to Earl Granville as president of council, 1864-6, and in Colonial Office, 1868; assistant under-secretary of state in Colonial Office, 1871-92, and permanent under-secretary, 1892-6; GCB, 1897.
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