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Lot Essay
John Pooley Kensington (1764-1818) and the Loyal London Volunteers
Kensington was a banker and Lieutenant-Colonel and commandant of he 3rd Regiment of Loyal London Volunteers a militia regiment which was raised during the Naploeonic wars with France. He designed the regiment's uniform, as commemorated by an engraving dedicated to Kensington by a private in the regiment, the printer Thomas Wallis. The present cup displays Christopher Wren's great gateway on the western side of the city - Temple Bar. It spanned Fleet Street but was removed in the 19th century due to road widening. In 2004 it was re-erected to the north of St. Paul's Cathedral, Wren's masterpiece, which is also depicted on the cup. It was to St. Pauls that the regiment marched on 1 June 1802 to celebrated the peace with France, the sadly short lived outcome of the Treaty of Amiens signed in March that year. The third building depicted in great detail is the Guildhall, the seat of the Lord Mayor and the centre of civic power in the City of London.
Kensington was for many years a man of great substance and great standing in society. He resided at Lime Grove in Putney and served as High Sheriff of Surrey in 1802. He was married twice. His first wife Elizabeth Turner died he childbirth in 1807. He married secondly in 1810, Ann Rawlins who out lived him. His business dealings took a turn for the worse towards the end of his life resulting in the bankruptcy of his firm Kensington and Co., Lombard Street.
Kensington was a banker and Lieutenant-Colonel and commandant of he 3rd Regiment of Loyal London Volunteers a militia regiment which was raised during the Naploeonic wars with France. He designed the regiment's uniform, as commemorated by an engraving dedicated to Kensington by a private in the regiment, the printer Thomas Wallis. The present cup displays Christopher Wren's great gateway on the western side of the city - Temple Bar. It spanned Fleet Street but was removed in the 19th century due to road widening. In 2004 it was re-erected to the north of St. Paul's Cathedral, Wren's masterpiece, which is also depicted on the cup. It was to St. Pauls that the regiment marched on 1 June 1802 to celebrated the peace with France, the sadly short lived outcome of the Treaty of Amiens signed in March that year. The third building depicted in great detail is the Guildhall, the seat of the Lord Mayor and the centre of civic power in the City of London.
Kensington was for many years a man of great substance and great standing in society. He resided at Lime Grove in Putney and served as High Sheriff of Surrey in 1802. He was married twice. His first wife Elizabeth Turner died he childbirth in 1807. He married secondly in 1810, Ann Rawlins who out lived him. His business dealings took a turn for the worse towards the end of his life resulting in the bankruptcy of his firm Kensington and Co., Lombard Street.