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Long Service Medals from the Collection

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400 £ - 500 £
ca. 567 $ - 709 $
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620 £
ca. 879 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 226

Long Service Medals from the Collection

Schätzpreis
400 £ - 500 £
ca. 567 $ - 709 $
Zuschlagspreis:
620 £
ca. 879 $
Beschreibung:

Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin Five: Harry Payne a long-served valet and butler to royalty and the aristocracy, so, too, to Wallis Simpson, at the height of the abdication crisis - ‘it was a busy time 1914-15 Star (GS-14590 Pte. H. Payne, 4-D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-14590 Pte. H. Payne, 4-D. Gds.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, silver, with its original Royal Mint case of issue and forwarding box; The Netherlands, Silver Medal of the Order of Orange Nassau, together with a set of related miniature dress medals and 4th Dragoon Guards cap badge, mounted court-style with new ribands but original wearing pin, generally good very fine (11) £400-500 Footnote Harry Payne who was born in Sussex in about 1900, first went ‘into service’ as a Steward’s room boy at the Earl of Kimberley’s residence in Norfolk in 1912, from which post he transferred to Baron Strathcona’s household as a Third Footman, the latter appointment being interrupted by the outbreak of hostilities, when Payne enlisted in the 4th Dragoon Guards Gaining his first job as a Butler on his return from active service, he went on to enjoy a long career in the employment of many famous households, in addition to several lengthy appointments in foreign embassies. In 1925-26 he was Butler at the London residence of the Hon. Henry Coventry, a son of the Earl of Coventry, and shortly afterwards to Joan Rosita Forbres, a well-known traveller, lecturer and author. Next employed by Rex Benson, D.S.O., M.V.O., M.C. (later Sir Rex Lindsay Benson), who had taken a hunting box in Rutland, Payne returned South to an appointment in Park Lane, and thence to the country residences of Hugh, Viscount Ebrington, at Melton Mowbray and Exmoor. Having then served as Butler to the Belgian Ambassador, Baron de Cartier de Marchienne, 1933-35, he joined the staff at Brantridge Park, Sussex, the residence of the Earl of Athlone and H.R.H. Princess Alice - an appointment that witnessed a visit from H.M. Queen Mary in May 1936 Old Queen Mary used to stay with us in the country. She gave me a clock, a nice clock; oh yes. In the morning the footman used to take up to her the temperature. And her papers were sewn or pegged together, so that the pages wouldn’t fall out. Of course she was very methodical, as you must know. I thought she was a charming woman; a gracious lady, I should put it. Well, they were brought up well, weren’t they? When Queen Mary came to a place, the page would have talked to me to find out where I’d been, so that when the Queen talked to me she’d know a bit of background, and put me at my ease, you see’ (Payne in an interview with The Observer magazine in July 1967 Then in early November 1936, he received a letter from a professional agency to say he had been recommended to Mrs. Ernest Simpson of 16, Cumberland Terrace, Regent’s Park, a letter in which he was informed he would have to ‘live out’ if the appointment was confirmed. Moreover, the same letter advised him that his potential employer did not want ‘anyone who “talks”.’ Payne next heard from Mrs. Simpson’s secretary on 11 November: ‘Mrs. Simpson has taken up your reference with Lord Athlone who spoke very highly of you. She would like you to start on Tuesday at £125 a year, and to come early in the afternoon.’ The very epitome of discretion, Payne does not appear to have spoken about his subsequent period of employment other than to say ‘it was a busy time’ (The Observer magazine, July 1967, refers). Yet his time at Cumberland Terrace encompassed momentous events in the lives of Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson, and indeed the King’s abdication. Certainly as Mrs. Simpson’s Butler, Payne would have been keenly aware of the press gathered outside her home, all hoping to capture photographs of royal delivery vans dropping off assorted furniture and chattels - and flowers. Inevitably, however, as the crisis deepened, the mood of the gathered throng turned ugly - Payne

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 226
Auktion:
Datum:
26.03.2009
Auktionshaus:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
Großbritannien und Nordirland
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
Beschreibung:

Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin Five: Harry Payne a long-served valet and butler to royalty and the aristocracy, so, too, to Wallis Simpson, at the height of the abdication crisis - ‘it was a busy time 1914-15 Star (GS-14590 Pte. H. Payne, 4-D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-14590 Pte. H. Payne, 4-D. Gds.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, silver, with its original Royal Mint case of issue and forwarding box; The Netherlands, Silver Medal of the Order of Orange Nassau, together with a set of related miniature dress medals and 4th Dragoon Guards cap badge, mounted court-style with new ribands but original wearing pin, generally good very fine (11) £400-500 Footnote Harry Payne who was born in Sussex in about 1900, first went ‘into service’ as a Steward’s room boy at the Earl of Kimberley’s residence in Norfolk in 1912, from which post he transferred to Baron Strathcona’s household as a Third Footman, the latter appointment being interrupted by the outbreak of hostilities, when Payne enlisted in the 4th Dragoon Guards Gaining his first job as a Butler on his return from active service, he went on to enjoy a long career in the employment of many famous households, in addition to several lengthy appointments in foreign embassies. In 1925-26 he was Butler at the London residence of the Hon. Henry Coventry, a son of the Earl of Coventry, and shortly afterwards to Joan Rosita Forbres, a well-known traveller, lecturer and author. Next employed by Rex Benson, D.S.O., M.V.O., M.C. (later Sir Rex Lindsay Benson), who had taken a hunting box in Rutland, Payne returned South to an appointment in Park Lane, and thence to the country residences of Hugh, Viscount Ebrington, at Melton Mowbray and Exmoor. Having then served as Butler to the Belgian Ambassador, Baron de Cartier de Marchienne, 1933-35, he joined the staff at Brantridge Park, Sussex, the residence of the Earl of Athlone and H.R.H. Princess Alice - an appointment that witnessed a visit from H.M. Queen Mary in May 1936 Old Queen Mary used to stay with us in the country. She gave me a clock, a nice clock; oh yes. In the morning the footman used to take up to her the temperature. And her papers were sewn or pegged together, so that the pages wouldn’t fall out. Of course she was very methodical, as you must know. I thought she was a charming woman; a gracious lady, I should put it. Well, they were brought up well, weren’t they? When Queen Mary came to a place, the page would have talked to me to find out where I’d been, so that when the Queen talked to me she’d know a bit of background, and put me at my ease, you see’ (Payne in an interview with The Observer magazine in July 1967 Then in early November 1936, he received a letter from a professional agency to say he had been recommended to Mrs. Ernest Simpson of 16, Cumberland Terrace, Regent’s Park, a letter in which he was informed he would have to ‘live out’ if the appointment was confirmed. Moreover, the same letter advised him that his potential employer did not want ‘anyone who “talks”.’ Payne next heard from Mrs. Simpson’s secretary on 11 November: ‘Mrs. Simpson has taken up your reference with Lord Athlone who spoke very highly of you. She would like you to start on Tuesday at £125 a year, and to come early in the afternoon.’ The very epitome of discretion, Payne does not appear to have spoken about his subsequent period of employment other than to say ‘it was a busy time’ (The Observer magazine, July 1967, refers). Yet his time at Cumberland Terrace encompassed momentous events in the lives of Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson, and indeed the King’s abdication. Certainly as Mrs. Simpson’s Butler, Payne would have been keenly aware of the press gathered outside her home, all hoping to capture photographs of royal delivery vans dropping off assorted furniture and chattels - and flowers. Inevitably, however, as the crisis deepened, the mood of the gathered throng turned ugly - Payne

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 226
Auktion:
Datum:
26.03.2009
Auktionshaus:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
Großbritannien und Nordirland
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
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