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A Very Rare Battle of Trafalgar Lloyd's Patriotic Fund Certificate awarded to Lieut. Thomas Wearing, Royal Marines, H.M.S. Conqueror, dated December 3rd 1805 and signed by the Lord Mayor of London, James Shaw; together with a stipple engraving of Nelson
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A Very Rare Battle of Trafalgar Lloyd's Patriotic Fund Certificate awarded to Lieut. Thomas Wearing, Royal Marines, H.M.S. Conqueror, dated December 3rd 1805 and signed by the Lord Mayor of London, James Shaw; together with a stipple engraving of Nelson
The certificate voting Lieut. Thomas Wearing " .... the Sum of Thirty Pounds in consideration of the Wound you received in contributing to the signal VICTORY obtained by the British Fleet consisting of 27 Sail of Line under the command of the ever to be honoured and lamented the late Vice Admiral Lord Viscount NELSON over the combined Fleets of France and Spain ......", inscribed to Lieut. Thomas Wearing, Royal Marines, His Majesty's Ship Conqueror and signed James Shaw, mayor, 330 x 240 mm., framed; and an oval stipple engraved portrait of Admiral Nelson, 140 x 90 mm., framed (2)
Thomas Wearing (1788-1863) was present at both Trafalgar and Waterloo, was one of only two Aides-de-Camp to Queen Victoria and rose through the ranks to become Lieutenant General (1857) and finally Colonel of the Plymouth Division, Royal Marines, in 1863, the year of his death, after a career in the Royal Marines of almost 60 years.
Wearing, born in Norton, Cheshire in 1788, was commissioned into the Royal Marines as 2nd Lieutenant in 1804. On board H.M.S. Conqueror he saw active service and was wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar, his ship being responsible for the destruction of the French flagship Bucentaure. As a result of his wound, he was awarded £30 by the Lloyd's Patriotic Fund and subsequently was awarded the N.G.S. with one clasp Trafalgar in 1849.
After various spells ashore and at sea, in 1815 he was employed in carrying despatches between the Fleet and the Duke of Wellington and arrived on the field of Waterloo on the evening of 18th June, just after the fighting had ceased. He thus did not qualify for the Waterloo medal (which, in combination with his N.G.S. Trafalgar medal, would have been unique).
Thereafter, he saw service on H.M.S. Wye (1818-19), H.M.S. Hastings (1835-38),H.M.S. Impregnable (1841) and finally on H.M.S. Cambridge (until 1843).
On 25th November 1851 Wearing, by this time a Lieutenent Colonel, was appointed Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria, a position he held until 1855. Further promotions saw him as Lieutenant General in 1857, on the "active list" at the age of 69 years.
Following an edict of the Admiralty in relation to the Royal Marines, on 28th March 1863, Wearing became the first General Officer to be appointed Colonel of the Plymouth Division. He died on the 19th May in the same year and was buried at St. Mary's church, Torquay, Devon.
The lot is offered with further research documentation and a photograph of a portrait miniature of the recipient (illustrated overleaf). Please note that the miniature itself has been retained by the vendor.
The certificate voting Lieut. Thomas Wearing " .... the Sum of Thirty Pounds in consideration of the Wound you received in contributing to the signal VICTORY obtained by the British Fleet consisting of 27 Sail of Line under the command of the ever to be honoured and lamented the late Vice Admiral Lord Viscount NELSON over the combined Fleets of France and Spain ......", inscribed to Lieut. Thomas Wearing, Royal Marines, His Majesty's Ship Conqueror and signed James Shaw, mayor, 330 x 240 mm., framed; and an oval stipple engraved portrait of Admiral Nelson, 140 x 90 mm., framed (2)
Thomas Wearing (1788-1863) was present at both Trafalgar and Waterloo, was one of only two Aides-de-Camp to Queen Victoria and rose through the ranks to become Lieutenant General (1857) and finally Colonel of the Plymouth Division, Royal Marines, in 1863, the year of his death, after a career in the Royal Marines of almost 60 years.
Wearing, born in Norton, Cheshire in 1788, was commissioned into the Royal Marines as 2nd Lieutenant in 1804. On board H.M.S. Conqueror he saw active service and was wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar, his ship being responsible for the destruction of the French flagship Bucentaure. As a result of his wound, he was awarded £30 by the Lloyd's Patriotic Fund and subsequently was awarded the N.G.S. with one clasp Trafalgar in 1849.
After various spells ashore and at sea, in 1815 he was employed in carrying despatches between the Fleet and the Duke of Wellington and arrived on the field of Waterloo on the evening of 18th June, just after the fighting had ceased. He thus did not qualify for the Waterloo medal (which, in combination with his N.G.S. Trafalgar medal, would have been unique).
Thereafter, he saw service on H.M.S. Wye (1818-19), H.M.S. Hastings (1835-38),H.M.S. Impregnable (1841) and finally on H.M.S. Cambridge (until 1843).
On 25th November 1851 Wearing, by this time a Lieutenent Colonel, was appointed Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria, a position he held until 1855. Further promotions saw him as Lieutenant General in 1857, on the "active list" at the age of 69 years.
Following an edict of the Admiralty in relation to the Royal Marines, on 28th March 1863, Wearing became the first General Officer to be appointed Colonel of the Plymouth Division. He died on the 19th May in the same year and was buried at St. Mary's church, Torquay, Devon.
The lot is offered with further research documentation and a photograph of a portrait miniature of the recipient (illustrated overleaf). Please note that the miniature itself has been retained by the vendor.