A George IV silver two-handled tray, John Bridge for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, London, 1823

Christie's London, 24 April 2008, lot 399.

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Christie's Londres, 24 avril 2008, lot 399.

The arms are those of Williamson impaling Liddell, for Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Bt. (1 November 1797 – 24 April 1861), M.P. for Durham from 1831 to 1837 and for Sunderland from 1847 to 1852.

‘SIR HEDWORTH WILLIAMSON, BART.

‘Sir Hedworth Williamson, seventh Baronet, of East Markham, in the country of Nottingham, who died on the 24th ult. at his seat, Whiteburn Hall, Durham, was the eldest son of Sir Hedworth Williamson, High Sheriff of Durham, by his wife, Maria, daughter of Sir James Hamilton, Kt., of the county of Monaghan, Ireland. He was born on the 1st November, 1797, and succeed to the family honours and estates, at the early age of thirteen years, on the death of his father, the six Baronet, in 1810. He married, on the 18th of April, 1826, the Hon. Anne Elizabeth Liddell, third daughter of the late Lord Ravensworth, and sister of the present Lord Ravensworth, and of the Marchioness of Normandy, the Countess of Hardwicke, Viscountess Barrington, and Lady Bloomfield. By this union he has had four sons. Sir Hedworth was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. in 1819; from 1847 to 1853 he represented Sunderland in the House of Commons; and he served the office of Mayor of that borough twice – first in 1841, and, secondly, in 1847.’ (The Illustrated London News, London, Saturday, 4 May 1861, p. 428)