Product Details
BOSS & CO.
A 16-BORE SIDELEVER SNAP-ACTION HAMMERGUN, serial no. 3666,
28in. sleeved nitro barrels retaining original rib (inscription indistinct), 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and full choke, carved percussion fences, rebounding back-action locks, fine acanthus scroll engraving, brushed and reblued finish, 14in. replacement stock with steel heel and toe plates, fore-end with grip-catch release lever, weight 6lb. 1oz.
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in 1882, for the Marquess of Londonderry.
George Vane-Tempest (1821 - 1884), 5th Marquess of Londonderry and styled Viscount Seaham after 1823.
He was born 26th April 1821 to Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and his second wife and was educated at Eton before going up to Balliol College, Oxford. With his formal education completed, Viscount Seaham purchased a Lieutenancy in February 1845 and was commissioned into the 1st Life Guards where he remained until May 1848. Away from the Army, he stood as Conservative M.P. for Durham North, a seat he held until 1854 when he succeeded his father as Earl Vane and entered the House of Lords. Vane-Tempest's half-brother died without issue in 1872 he succeeded to the marquessate and the family estates in England and Ireland.
He married Mary Cornelia Edwards, daughter of Sir John Edwards, in August 1846 and they resided at Plas Machynlleth, his wife's family seat. Here they had six children with their first son, Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart becoming the 6th Marquess of Londonderry on the death of his father in November 1884.
Their third son, Lord Hubert Lional Henry Vane-Tempest, more commonly known as 'Bertie' Vane-Tempest, was a fine and prolific shot and one of the best-known characters of the great shooting parties of the late 19th and early 20th Century.
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Estimate £500-700
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