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Lot Essay
Described by D.H.L. Back (op. cit., p. 19) as follows: 'This gun is preserved in immaculate condition and is the finest example that the author has been able to discover of Forsyth's work'
The original owner of this gun, Francis Charles Seymour-Conway (1777-1842), third Marquess of Hertford, and Earl of Yarmouth from 1794 to 1822, was the only son of the second Marquess of Hertford (1743-1822). He graduated B.A. from St. Mary Hall, Oxford, in 1796, and represented the family boroughs of Orford, Lisburne, and Camelford (1819-1822). In 1827 he was envoy extraordinary to Czar Nicholas I of Russia, but he is best remembered as the original of the Marquis of Steyne in Thackeray's Vanity Fair, and Lord Monmouth in Disraeli's Coningsby. Yarmouth was a friend of the Prince of Wales (later King George IV), of whose household he was vice-chamberlain, and of his brother, the Duke of York. A keen shot, both in the field and at Joe Manton's shooting gallery at Davies Street, he frequently shot at the wafer for considerable sums. On 18 December, 1816, he gave evidence in the case brought by Forsyth against Joe Manton, for alleged violation of his Patent No. 3032 of 11 April 1807
He was succeeded by Richard Seymour-Conway (1800-1870), fourth Marquess, father of Sir Richard Wallace
The original owner of this gun, Francis Charles Seymour-Conway (1777-1842), third Marquess of Hertford, and Earl of Yarmouth from 1794 to 1822, was the only son of the second Marquess of Hertford (1743-1822). He graduated B.A. from St. Mary Hall, Oxford, in 1796, and represented the family boroughs of Orford, Lisburne, and Camelford (1819-1822). In 1827 he was envoy extraordinary to Czar Nicholas I of Russia, but he is best remembered as the original of the Marquis of Steyne in Thackeray's Vanity Fair, and Lord Monmouth in Disraeli's Coningsby. Yarmouth was a friend of the Prince of Wales (later King George IV), of whose household he was vice-chamberlain, and of his brother, the Duke of York. A keen shot, both in the field and at Joe Manton's shooting gallery at Davies Street, he frequently shot at the wafer for considerable sums. On 18 December, 1816, he gave evidence in the case brought by Forsyth against Joe Manton, for alleged violation of his Patent No. 3032 of 11 April 1807
He was succeeded by Richard Seymour-Conway (1800-1870), fourth Marquess, father of Sir Richard Wallace