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Lot Essay
Egerton was the son of the Hon. Henry Egerton (1689-1746), Bishop of Hereford and Lady Elizabeth Bentinck, daughter of William, 1st Earl of Portland. Egerton served in the 2nd Troop of Horse Guards and was a Gentleman usher to the Princess of Wales, and yeoman and clerk of the Jewel House.
The Countess of Portland, donor of the salver, was born Jane Martha Temple (1672-1751), the daughter of Sir John Temple. She married as his second wife Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649-1709) in 1700. She left her daughter Lady Elizabeth Egerton 500 ounces of plate, but also £20 to each of her grandchildren as ‘a mark of affection and regard’ and it was almost certainly with these funds the newly married William Egerton bought the salver and engraved upon it his and his wife’s arms.
Richard Thomas Master served in the Grenadier in the Netherlands, Spain, North American and the West Indies. He carried the King’s Colour at both the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo. In his later years he lived in Paris but died in Baden Argovie, Switzerland. He married Anna Catherine Kammerl de Puchpek, of Munich, at the British Embassy in Paris in 1833. His executor and the recipient of the salver in 1873 was Sir (George) Bryan Milman, who served in the Northumberland Fusiliers eventually rising to the rank of Lieutenant General and commanded the regiment. He saw action at the Relief of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny and was Major of the Tower of London for forty years.
The Countess of Portland, donor of the salver, was born Jane Martha Temple (1672-1751), the daughter of Sir John Temple. She married as his second wife Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649-1709) in 1700. She left her daughter Lady Elizabeth Egerton 500 ounces of plate, but also £20 to each of her grandchildren as ‘a mark of affection and regard’ and it was almost certainly with these funds the newly married William Egerton bought the salver and engraved upon it his and his wife’s arms.
Richard Thomas Master served in the Grenadier in the Netherlands, Spain, North American and the West Indies. He carried the King’s Colour at both the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo. In his later years he lived in Paris but died in Baden Argovie, Switzerland. He married Anna Catherine Kammerl de Puchpek, of Munich, at the British Embassy in Paris in 1833. His executor and the recipient of the salver in 1873 was Sir (George) Bryan Milman, who served in the Northumberland Fusiliers eventually rising to the rank of Lieutenant General and commanded the regiment. He saw action at the Relief of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny and was Major of the Tower of London for forty years.