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BOSS & CO.
A PAIR OF 12-BORE ROTARY-UNDERLEVER HAMMERGUNS, serial no 3069 / 70,
30in. black powder only bold damascus barrels, ribs engraved 'BOSS & CO. 73 ST. JAMES'S STREET. LONDON.', and '1' and '2', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in all, Jones patent rotary underlevers, carved percussion fences, rebounding back-action locks, border engraving, retaining some original colour-hardening, 13 3/4in. well-figured stocks including steel buttplates, weight 6lb. 14oz., in their leather two-tiered case, the lid outer marked 'C.J. PHILLIPS. ESQ.'
Provenance: The original ledger is difficult to read, but the makers have very kindly confirmed the following:
"Gun # 3069
Col. The H Byng of Carlton House Terrace
Ordered 23rd July 1874"
Research would indicate that "Col. the H. Byng" to be Henry William John Byng, 4th Earl of Strafford (1831 - 1899) a British peer and courtier.
Byng was the second son of George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford. From 1840 he was a Page of Honour to Queen Victoria, and joined the Coldstream Guards in 1847 as a Lieutenant.
On 15 October 1863, Byng married Countess Henrietta Danneskiold-Samsøe (a Danish family of high nobility), and they had four children.
In 1872 Byng was made a Groom-in-Waiting, then in 1874 Equerry. In 1895, he was appointed a CB and a KCVO in 1897.
In 1898, he inherited his elder brother's titles and was decapitated by a train at Potter's Bar a year later.
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Estimate £4,000-6,000
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