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Sold with two original handwritten letters, one forwarding the Jubilee Medal 1887 (dated at Osborne, 25.7.1887), and the other notifying the recipient of his appointment to G.C.V.O. (dated at Sandringham, 7.11.1902).
G.C.V.O. London Gazette 9.11.1902.
K.C.B., Civil London Gazette 5.7.1889.
C.B., Military London Gazette 31.7.1855.
Colonel Sir Robert Nigel FitzHardinge Kingscote, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., was born in February 1830, eldest son of Colonel T.H. Kingscote, a descendant of the 6th Duke of Beaufort. Appointed a Lieutenant in the Scots Fusilier Guards in October 1846, he was advanced to Captain in June 1850 and to Major in December 1854. Kingscote served throughout the Eastern Campaign, was onetime A.D.C. to Lord Raglan and was present at Battles of Alma, Balaklava and Inkermann, in addition to the operations before Sebastopol. Created a C.B. and advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel in July 1855, he left the Military at the end of the decade to take up appointment as Groom-in-Waiting to the Queen, in which capacity he served until 1866. Additionally an M.P. for Gloucestershire from 1852 to 1885, he accepted in the latter year the post of Commissioner of Woods and Forests and, in 1888, the position of Receiver-General to the Duchy of Cornwall. Created a K.C.B. for his work in these offices in the following year, Kingscote went on to become Paymaster to the Household of King Edward VII, and an Extra Equerry, in 1901, work that was quickly rewarded with his appointment to G.C.V.O. in November 1902. Sir Robert, who was onetime Colonel of the 4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, died in September 1908.
G.C.V.O. London Gazette 9.11.1902.
K.C.B., Civil London Gazette 5.7.1889.
C.B., Military London Gazette 31.7.1855.
Colonel Sir Robert Nigel FitzHardinge Kingscote, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., was born in February 1830, eldest son of Colonel T.H. Kingscote, a descendant of the 6th Duke of Beaufort. Appointed a Lieutenant in the Scots Fusilier Guards in October 1846, he was advanced to Captain in June 1850 and to Major in December 1854. Kingscote served throughout the Eastern Campaign, was onetime A.D.C. to Lord Raglan and was present at Battles of Alma, Balaklava and Inkermann, in addition to the operations before Sebastopol. Created a C.B. and advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel in July 1855, he left the Military at the end of the decade to take up appointment as Groom-in-Waiting to the Queen, in which capacity he served until 1866. Additionally an M.P. for Gloucestershire from 1852 to 1885, he accepted in the latter year the post of Commissioner of Woods and Forests and, in 1888, the position of Receiver-General to the Duchy of Cornwall. Created a K.C.B. for his work in these offices in the following year, Kingscote went on to become Paymaster to the Household of King Edward VII, and an Extra Equerry, in 1901, work that was quickly rewarded with his appointment to G.C.V.O. in November 1902. Sir Robert, who was onetime Colonel of the 4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, died in September 1908.