An Unusual Victorian C.B. Group of Three to Sir Arthur Pennefather, a Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District 1883-1909, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion's (C.B.), Civil Division, breast Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London, 1912), with usual swivel-ring suspension but lacking riband buckle; Jubilee 1887, with '1897' clasp, Metropolitan Police issue (A.R. Pennefather, Esq., Receiver); Coronation 1902, silver, Metropolitan Police issue (A.R. Pennefather, Esq., C.B.), good very fine, mounted as worn (3)

Details

An Unusual Victorian C.B. Group of Three to Sir Arthur Pennefather, a Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District 1883-1909, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion's (C.B.), Civil Division, breast Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London, 1912), with usual swivel-ring suspension but lacking riband buckle; Jubilee 1887, with '1897' clasp, Metropolitan Police issue (A.R. Pennefather, Esq., Receiver); Coronation 1902, silver, Metropolitan Police issue (A.R. Pennefather, Esq., C.B.), good very fine, mounted as worn (3)

Lot Essay

C.B. London Gazette 2.7.1895.

Sir Arthur Richard Pennefather, C.B., was born in March 1845, the son of a Q.C. Educated privately, he entered the Home Office as a Clerk in 1868 and was appointed a Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District in 1883. Created a C.B. in 1895 and knighted in 1909, the year of his retirement, Sir Arthur was also one time a Visiting Justice for H.M. Prison Chelmsford and a Member of the Central Board of Finance for the Church of England. He died in August 1918.