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J. WOODWARD & SONS
A 12-BORE 1876 PATENT 'THE AUTOMATIC' PUSH-FORWARD UNDERLEVER SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 4376,
29in. nitro reproved chopperlump barrels, the rib engraved in gothic script 'THE AUTOMATIC' and 'JAMES WOODWARD & SONS. ST. JAMES'S. LONDON.', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and 1/4 choke, push-forward underlever, T. Southgate and J. Woodward patent 'Automatic' lever-cocking action, patent no. 600 of 1876, use number 570, incorporating T. Perkes patent ejectors, patent no. 12176 of 8th September 1887, use number 268, removable striker discs, side-clipped arcaded fences, the top-strap gold-inlaid '3', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, protruding tumbler pivots with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best fine border and floral scroll engraving, retaining traces of original colour-hardening, 15in. highly-figured stock with Prince of Wales semi-pistolgrip with pistolgrip-cap and including 1 1/8in. rubber recoil pad, gold escutcheon engraved with the monogram CC (one reverse) surmounted by an Earl's coronet, weight 6lb. 9oz., in its brass-cornered oak and leather case with some accessories, the case outer marked 'THE EARL OF CRAVEN'
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in 1889 as No.3 of a trio for the Earl of Craven.
William George Robert Craven, 4th Earl of Craven OBE (1868 - 1921) was a British peer and Liberal politician.
was the eldest son of the 3rd Earl of Craven and his wife Evelyn, a daughter of the 7th Viscount Barrington. He succeeded his father as fourth Earl of Craven in 1883 at the age of fourteen, and later took his seat on the Liberal benches in the House of Lords. In 1911 he was appointed Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard in the Liberal administration of H. H. Asquith, a post he held until 1915. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire between 1913 and 1921.
Lord Craven married Cornelia Martin, the only daughter of a wealthy American banker, Bradley Martin at Grace Church, New York City, on 18 April 1893. His bride had just passed her sixteenth birthday. The marriage brought him property in Mayfair. Whilst racing at Cowes Week in 1921 and although a strong swimmer at age 52, Lord Craven fell overboard and drowned. His body was washed ashore on 12th July and he was succeeded by his eldest son, William, Viscount Uffington.
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Estimate £3,000-5,000
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