Product Details
J. PURDEY & SONS
A 12-BORE TOPLEVER BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMERGUN, serial no. 12464,
28in. sleeved nitro barrels, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and 3/4 choke, treble-grip action with hidden third bite, carved percussion fences, rebounding sidelocks with dolphin hammers, fine acanthus scroll and floral bouquet engraving, brushed bright and reblued finish overall, 14 1/4in. replacement stock (small crack towards knuckle) and replacement fore-end wood, weight 6lb. 8oz.
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in August 1886 for 'Jolliffe'.
Further research would indicate that 'Jolliffe' could be Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton (1862 - 1945).
Hylton was the eldest son of Hedworth Jolliffe, 2nd Baron Hylton, and Lady Agnes Mary Byng. Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey was his maternal great-grandfather. Hylton entered the Diplomatic Service in 1888, but in 1895 he was elected to the House of Commons for Wells. He held this seat until 1899, when he succeeded his father as third Baron Hylton and entered the House of Lords. In June 1915 Hylton was appointed a Lord-in-Waiting in the newly formed coalition government, and in 1918 he was promoted him to Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard. The coalition government of David Lloyd George fell in 1922, but Hylton continued as Deputy Chief Whip also under Andrew Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin
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Estimate £800-1,200
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