NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, 1793-1840, single clasp, Egypt (John Mayhew Purser.); officially impressed. Old cabinet tone, superb, practically mint state with lustrous fields, with original ribbon. ex Spink, 22 November 2012, lot 148 John Mayhew was born c.1780 and served as Purser aboard HMS Pallas during the campaigns on and off the coast of Egypt in 1801. He died 16 March 1851, at his home in Suffolk. As recorded in his short obituary, recorded in the Hampshire Telegraph of Saturday, 22 March 1851: “DIED: MAYHEW - On Sunday last, at his residence, Great Bealing, Suffolk. Mr John Mayhew Paymaster and Purser, R.N., deeply and sincerely lamented by his afflicted relatives and friends. His amicable and benevolent disposition endeared him to all his acquaintance. The poor have indeed lost a most kind friend’. (© The British Library Board) Sold with copy ‘Last Will and Testament’ showing that the value of his estate was passed to his sisters Mary and Martha Mayhew, copy roll mention, and copy newspaper clipping as above.
NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, 1793-1840, single clasp, Egypt (John Mayhew Purser.); officially impressed. Old cabinet tone, superb, practically mint state with lustrous fields, with original ribbon. ex Spink, 22 November 2012, lot 148 John Mayhew was born c.1780 and served as Purser aboard HMS Pallas during the campaigns on and off the coast of Egypt in 1801. He died 16 March 1851, at his home in Suffolk. As recorded in his short obituary, recorded in the Hampshire Telegraph of Saturday, 22 March 1851: “DIED: MAYHEW - On Sunday last, at his residence, Great Bealing, Suffolk. Mr John Mayhew Paymaster and Purser, R.N., deeply and sincerely lamented by his afflicted relatives and friends. His amicable and benevolent disposition endeared him to all his acquaintance. The poor have indeed lost a most kind friend’. (© The British Library Board) Sold with copy ‘Last Will and Testament’ showing that the value of his estate was passed to his sisters Mary and Martha Mayhew, copy roll mention, and copy newspaper clipping as above.
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