GEORGE LACEY DECOEURDOUX, FLAG LIEUTENANT ON HMS MARS AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR

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GEORGE LACEY DECOEURDOUX, FLAG LIEUTENANT ON HMS MARS AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
A portrait miniature of George Lacey Ducoeurdoux, half-length in uniform coat with gold epaulette to right shoulder, white waistcoat and black stock -- 1 3/16in x 7/8in. (3.5 x 2cm.) with glazed reverse in fitted red leather case; together with his gold cameo ring bearing the face of a cherub, 18th-century. (2)

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Please note this lot includes an 18th-century gold cameo ring worn by this officer.

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George Lacey Decoeurdoux (c.1770-1850) joined the navy as officer's servant in 1789 and witnessed several actions prior to Trafalgar, including the capture of the Guillaume Tell in 1800 (one of the French ships which escaped after the Battle of the Nile). Retiring a Commander in 1844, he died in 1850.