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November 22, 2012 - LoNdoN<br />

163<br />

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria (H.W. Craufurd, Comm<strong>and</strong>er.),<br />

good very fine, with Royal Naval College Second Mathematical Prize Medal, silver,<br />

53mm., reverse engraved, ‘Henry Willm. Craufurd, 17 Decr. 1822’ (2)<br />

£800-1,200<br />

Henry William Craufurd served as Comm<strong>and</strong>er in H.M.S. Powerful during operations on <strong>and</strong><br />

off the coast of Syria, 1840.<br />

Captain Henry William Craufurd, R.N., joined the Royal Navy, 1821; passed his examination<br />

in 1827, <strong>and</strong> acquired the rank of Lieutenant, March 1828; appointed to H.M.S. Pelorus<br />

(Captain M. Quinn), on the Mediterranean station, 1830-1831; served in H.M.S. Melville (flagship<br />

of Sir John Gore), in the East Indies, 1831-1835; Comm<strong>and</strong>er, July 1835; comm<strong>and</strong>ed the<br />

sloop Racehorse on the North American <strong>and</strong> West India stations, 1837-1839; married at<br />

Barrackpore, by the Bishop of Calcutta, to the daughter of the Dean of Wells, 1853; retired<br />

Captain, April 1856; died 1859.<br />

PROVENANCE:<br />

Sotheby, April 1978<br />

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