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TREDEGAR, LORD
Neg. No: (GP) L 6572
Neg. Size: 12"x10"
Neg. Date: undated

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Sitter: Courtenay Charles Evan Morgan Tredegar, 1st Viscount (1867-1934).

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Biog: Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Monmouthshire Engineers; Hon. Major in the Army; Hon. Colonel, 1st Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment; Captain, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve; Commanded H.M. Yacht Liberty.

Date: [8 February 1922.]

Occasion: The King's Levée, 8 February 1922; presented on promotion by the Secretary of State for the Home Department.

Location: 160 New Bond Street, London.

Descr: FL standing.

Costume: Full Dress uniform, Captain, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

Orders, Decorations & Medals: Star and badge of a Knight of Justice of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem; Badge of an Officer of the Order of the British Empire [O.B.E. cr. 1st April 1919]; Queen's South Africa medal, 1899-1902, with four clasps; 1914-15 Star; British War medal, 1914-20; Allied Victory medal, 1914-1919; Coronation medal, 1902; Coronation medal, 1911.

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop.

Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 160 New Bond Street, London.

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of poses: 2

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: Who's Who; Burke's Peerage; The Navy List, 1922; The Times, 4 May 1934, p 16b.

Occasion: The Times, 9 February 1922, p 12e.

Costume: -

Orders, Decorations & Medals: (Order of St. John of Jerusalem and Order of the British Empire) Burke's Peerage; (Coronation medals) Howard N. Cole, Coronation and Royal Commemorative Medals 1887-1977, London, 1977; (Others) E.C. Joslin, A.R. Litherland & B.T. Simpkin, British Battles & Medals, London, 1988.

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