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Lot Essay
King Frederick William V of Prussia acted as regent after the stroke which incapacitated his elder brother King Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795-1861, ruled 1840-1861) in 1858, and succeeded him in 1861. King Frederick William V was proclaimed German Emperor as William I in Versailles in 1871.
Sir John Key, 1st Baronet (1794-1858) was a wholesale stationer and Whig politician in England. He was elected Sheriff of the City of London in 1824 and Lord Mayor of London for two years, from 1830 to 1832. He was elected at the 1832 general election as the Member of Parliament for the City of London, but resigned his seat on 12 August 1833 by taking the Chiltern Hundreds. During his parliamentary career he supported the abolition of slavery, the repeal of part of the assessed taxes, abrogation of the Corn Laws, the adoption of triennial parliaments and the vote by ballot. He was made a baronet in 1831, of Thornbury and Denmark Hill. In 1853 he ran for election to the office of Chamberlain of the City of London. He died at his home in Streatham in 1858 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.