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Lot 452

An antique leather gunslip 112 cm long o/a, to/w a canvas game bag with net and webbing strap, a malacca whip with carved bone dog's head whistle pommel, ceramic partridge salt and pepper pair, etc (box)

Lot 279

Country Pursuit Related Items, including canvas and leather gun cases, shooting stick, binoculars, rifle stock, pocket knives, riding helmet, riding crops, coaching whip, gun sight, antler handled walking sticks etc. (qty)

Lot 5667

Big Jim, Pack The Whip, Mattel, 1975, Ovp, Z 1-, Z 1

Lot 5696

Big Jim, The Whip, Mattel, 1975, Ovp, Z 2, Z 1

Lot 68

An early 20th century 14ct gold half hunter fob watch. The watch with a foliate engraved outer case with a pink iridescent and blue guilloche enamel chapter ring. The watch having a inner white dial with Roman numeral number markers with spade and whip hands. Marked 14K to outer case with squirrel assay mark, 78663, inner cuivre gilt metal. The watch with later hallmarked 9ct gold brooch pendant bar. Total weight 27.8g. Watch dial excluding winder 3cm. All weights, measurements and sizes are approximate. All watches are sold as untested, therefore without warranty.

Lot 312

A Pietra Dura obelisk decorated with flowers and leaves together with an Avery scales, carved treen bases, toby jug, table lamps, gloves, vesta cases, hunting whip etc

Lot 978

A Chinese bronze embossed circular mirror, 33cm, a pewter inkstand, a copper ship print block, Easter egg mould, candle holder, a brass corkscrew, an extending brass and cast-iron music stand, a lunging whip, etc

Lot 3023

Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Tetradrachm.. Circa 58-12 BC. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ, king on horseback to right, holding whip; letter in Kharosthi before / Athena standing to right, holding spear and shield in left hand and raising right; monogram to left, Γ(retrograde) and monogram to right. Senior 98.324T. 8.95gr, 24mm, 3h. Very Fine.Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Lot 3024

Indo-Scythians. Apracharajas, Vijayamitra BI Tetradrachm.. Circa 12 BC-AD 20. In the name of Azes. Azes on horseback to right, holding whip; 'va' in Kharosthi to right / Athena standing to right, raising hand in benediction and holding spear and shield; nandipada to left; monogram to right. Senior 175.205T; HGC 12, 716. 9.27gr, 22mm, 4h. Good Very Fine.Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Lot 3235

Gallienus BI Antoninianus.. AD 253-268. Mediolanum mint. Struck AD 260-268. 1st officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / ORIE-NS AVG, Sol standing facing, head to left, raising his right hand and holding whip in left; P in exergue. RIC V.1 494; MIR 1211e; RSC 685a. 3.84gr, 21mm, 12h. Very Fine.From a London collection, 1990s.

Lot 3280

Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus.. AD 269-271. Treveri mint; struck AD 270-271. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / INVICTVS, Sol advancing to left, raising hand and holding whip; star in left field. RIC V.2 114 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.19gr, 20mm, 12h. Very Fine.Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Lot 3285

Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus.. AD 269-271. Treveri mint; struck AD 270. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / INVICTVS, Sol advancing to left, raising hand and holding whip; star in left field. RIC V.2 114 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 521. 3.45gr, 19mm, 1h. Good Very Fine.From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.

Lot 3342

Probus BI Antoninianus.. AD 276-282. Cyzicus mint; struck AD 281. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing facing in spread quadriga, head to left, holding whip and reins, and raising hand; CM below, XXIB in exergue. RIC V.2 911; probuscoins.fr 2792. 3.86gr, 24mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine.From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Lot 3343

Probus BI Antoninianus.. AD 276-282. Serdica mint; struck AD 280/1. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in spread quadriga, holding whip; in exergue: KAB. RIC V.2 862; probuscoins.fr 2030. 2.97gr, 24mm, 6h. Good Very Fine.From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Lot 3345

Probus BI Antoninianus.. AD 276-282. Rome mint; struck AD 280. 3rd officina. IMP PROBV[S] P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol driving galloping quadriga to left, holding globe and whip and raising hand; R(wreath)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 200; probuscoins.fr 2399. 3.38gr, 22mm, 12h. Extremely Fine.From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Lot 30

A set of ten fret-cut hunting figures, of recent manufacture, comprising six horses and riders, and four hounds, mostly with applied titles, 'Master of Fox Hounds', 'Squire Jenkins', 'First Whip' etc., largest 30cm high (10) Condition ReportAs illustrated, the hunting figures appear faded. Please see the additional images displaying the lot in the saleroom. Shipping within the Uk may be in the region of £60-80

Lot 103

A Pair of Leather and Brass Whip Hooks

Lot 745

A 9ct gold ring approx. 2.5gms; a 9ct gold charm in the form of a jockeys hat and whip approx. 1gm and a yellow metal charm in the form of a train approx. 1gm

Lot 666

A CAMEL WHIP WITH CONCEALED SPIKE, 20TH CENTURY with three-strand leather whip (unbraided) on a grip with inlaid geometric patterns, the steel spike with stamped cross and dotted patterning, concealed in the whip on a leather-wrapped grip, the spike 19.0 cm A similar camel whip is held in the British Museum, offered for donation in 1966 (object number Af1979,01.5152)

Lot 195

A pair of black leather hunting boots with wooden boot trees, a Lock & Co black bowler hat, wto leather and bone-handled hunting whips, approx 185cm long, (one with silver collar), one shorter whip with silver collar, (inscr. 1901)

Lot 2270

A collection of walking canes and a horse whip, one with fox detail

Lot 216

A 19TH CENTURY INDIAN WHIP, mounted with engraved silver bands, 52cm long.

Lot 1139

An elephant hair whip Provenance: Part of a single owner collection of walking sticks and related items

Lot 316

Swaine of England staghorn hunting whip, and a London 1921 silver topped ebonised cane, 90.5cm (2)Shipping £68.00 plus vat (UK Only)

Lot 1400

An antique hunting whip with an antler handle in the form of a dog

Lot 182

A 9ct gold tie pin with a fox within a horseshoe, and a 9ct gold bar brooch in the form of a whip within a horseshoe, 2.2g total weight.

Lot 1588

Hot Wheels (Mattel) Redline No.6457 Whip Creamer, metallic green wit blue glazing and orange fan, with original metal badge

Lot 2095

Wend-Al - "Solid Aluminium Models" - Circus Figures Series, comprising: "Mr. Grock" Clown, ringmaster with whip, performing sea lion with ball, Ostrich and others (x6)

Lot 148

A collection of small silver ware and objects of vertu, to include: A silver open face fob watch, having white enamel Roman numeral dial with subsidiary Arabic numeral seconds dial at 6 o'clock, gold spade and whip hands, 39mm wide silver case Swiss hallmarked for .800 silver, movement currently not working, to silver curb link Albert chain suspending carnelian and bloodstone gilt metal mounted swivel fob, together with a Waltham nickel open faced pocket watch, movement currently not working, suspended from a silver double Albert curb link chain, a Victorian silver circular sovereign case, by Deakin & Francis Ltd, Birmingham 1894, a silver vesta, silver bladed mother of pearl handled fruit knife and others. (qty)

Lot 563

A Royal Observer Corps jacket and trousers, a Russian hat, a whip with a hoof handle and a small picture (4)

Lot 220

L. Hostilius Saserna denarius. 48 BC. Rome mint. Head of Gallic captive (Vercingetorix?) right, wearing hair flowing back and long, pointed beard, and a chain around his neck. R. Two warriors in galloping biga right: one driving, holding whip in right hand and reins in left, and the other, facing backward, holding shield in left hand and brandishing spear in right; L HOSTILIVS above, SASERN below. 19mm, 2.11g. Ref: Crawford 448/2a.

Lot 55

MASSIE, Chris. A collection of nine FIRST EDITIONS, all scarce, each one a PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by the author, comprising: Penny Whip, inscribed & dated 1940, unclipped dust-jacket, London: Secker & Warburg, 1939; The Green Orb, inscribed 1943, unclipped d.j., London: Faber & Faber, 1943; The Green Circle [first US edition of Green Orb], inscribed 1943, New York: Random House, 1943; They Being Dead Yet Speak, inscribed 1933, London: Chapman & Hall, 1929; Flood Light, inscribed 1934, London: Sampson Low, n.d. [1932]; A Portrait of a Beautiful Woman, inscribed 1934, London: Sampson Low, n.d. [1934]; Esther Vanner, inscribed 1937, London: Sampson Low, n.d. [1937], and A Modern Calvus, inscribed 1936, London: Sampson Low, n.d. [1936]. Together with a b&w photograph, inscribed verso by Massie, "J C Powys [notable writer John Cooper Powys] and myself, Aug 1935", and five unsigned first editions of Escape from Julia, unclipped d.j. (1947), two copies of The Undivided Light, one with unclipped d.j. (1952), A Modern Calvus, ex-library [1936], and The Confessions of a Vagabond, worn/repaired binding [1931]. Condition varied, sold as one collection with all faults. All but two of the presentation copies are inscribed for "Nell" [Lanchbury, née Brewster], the two copies of Green Orb/Circle inscribed "with love to all at Pennellhurst [Aylesbury]". The books come with two modern scans of photographs, one of which shows Massie with Nell (14) ❧ A now obscure author who was hailed by contemporary reviewers as "an uncommonly gifted writer" [Peter Quennell], and whose talent was championed in the press, "he sees life with the eyes of a poet. Often his stories have a touch of the macabre about them, always they go a way of their own." [Ralph Straus, Sunday Times]. Despite finding success with film adaptations of his works, most notably Corridor of Mirrors (described by Faber & Faber as "one of the strangest novels we have ever published"), Massie's name has since mysteriously vanished, and first editions of his published works have become increasingly scarce

Lot 289

A SIDE SADDLE WHIP 19th century, with silver top and collar, brown crocodile grip and plaited shaft, 78cm long

Lot 283

AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY WHIP RACKin the form of a five-bar gate, with brass hooks for five riding crops on each side, 25cm x 46cm

Lot 288

AN EDWARDIAN BEAGLING WHIP with a hound's head whistle, silver-plated collar and Malacca shaft, plaited leather thong, 18cm long

Lot 84

CRIMEAN WAR. Captain Henry William Heaton, 14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot. Four autograph letters signed, 24th December 1855 - 16th June 1856, to his mother. Contents mainly discuss personal matters and the conditions. Sold together with an article cutting of monuments at the Crimea and Scutari, two further related press cuttings and nine pen and watercolour drawings including the British and Turkish flags, battle scenes and the Malakoff. Sold with full typed transcriptions of the letters. Excerpts include: Camp Sebastopol, Christmas Eve 1855 Heaton writes of the practicalities of winter encampment, including the importance of building stables to protect ponies from the cold. He also humorously recounts dealing with rats in his quarters: "You will be glad to hear that my cat has cleared off all the rats or nearly so now. Now & then they pay me a visit - you sometimes find a huge beast in your bed." Heaton assures his mother that his face has recovered from rat bites and describes the management of clothing by the officers’ servants: "Our servants do [wash our clothes]. They manage very well." (Part letter, with the remainder transcribed and held in the National Library of Wales.)Constantinople, Wednesday, 26th March 1856 Heaton comments on the uncertainty of troop movements while stationed in Constantinople: "We are to leave at 4 o'clock, at least report says so, but our departure has so often been put off I can't feel at all certain that we shall go this evening." He expresses his impatience with the current location: "I hope we shall, very much, for I have had quite enough of this place." Heights before Balaklava, 25th May 1856 Heaton describes a "Trench Ball" held to celebrate Queen Victoria’s birthday, which he attended alongside French and Russian guests. His account humorously details his experiences dancing: "You would have laughed to have seen me in the tender embrace of a Frenchman flying about the room in the waltz... The most amusing part of my performance was a quadrille with an old Frenchwoman... she put her arms around my waist and twirled me about like a whip top."Heaton also discusses the presentation of French war medals to selected soldiers and criticizes the Emperor’s allocation: "I certainly think the Emperor was most shabby not to give to the officers as well... The medal is a very pretty one and I would have given a great deal to have got one." Footnote:Henry William Heaton was born on 18th July 1833 at Osmond Thorp, Leeds, Yorkshire, the son of William, a Worsted Spinner Master and Amelia Maria Heaton. Henry enlisted as Ensign, without purchase, into the 14th Regt of Foot on 22nd December 1854. He married Fanny Gardiner at the Parish Church, Halifax on 17th December 1857. London Gazette 11th January 1861: Commission signed by the Queen - 3rd Manchester or 40th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps. Henry William Heaton, late of 14th Foot, to be Adjutant from 8th December 1860. His first wife, Fanny, died on 15th June 1875 and Henry re-married to Anne Hodgkinson of Bowden on 18th April 1876. Anne died on 30th June 1898 and Henry married Jessie Elizabeth Gamble on 11th October 1901. In the census of the same year, he is listed as Agent to the Earl of Ellesmere, living at Hotel Metropole, St. Martin in the Field, Strand, London. He died on 27th February at his home in Highfield, Worsley, Manchester and was buried on Wednesday 2nd March at St. Mark's Church. Extract from the Nottingham Evening Post, Monday 29th February 1904: "Captain Henry William Heaton died suddenly at Worsley from heart failure. Capt. Heaton served with the 14th Foot Regiment and was in the Crimean campaign. He was one of the best shots in the country and has figured in the English representative eight. He was keenly interested in the Shire Horse Society, was an authority on game fowl, and was considered one of the best judges of shire horses, pigs and pigeons in the country. He was for many years steward to the Earl of Ellesmere, and was in his 71st year."

Lot 1852

A small George V silver two handled presentation replica trophy cup, with engraved inscription relating to the 1933 Monte Carlo Rally, Charles Boyton & Sons, London, 1932, 14.2cm, together with an early 20th century silver mounted postal scales, a late Victorian engraved silver shoe horn/button hook, by Charles Stuart Harris, London, 1887, 25.5cm, a silver mounted glass powder bowl and a white metal handled whip. Condition - poor to fair

Lot 154

Ca. AD 1 - 300.A silver finger ring with a plain hoop and slightly expanded shoulders supporting a raised bezel cell. The bezel houses a circular carnelian intaglio engraved with a depiction of a winged Eros holding a whip in his right hand and seated atop a large shrimp, both facing to the left.Size: D: 17.93mm; US: 7 3/4; UK: P; weight 6.5gProvenance: Private UK collection; acquired on the UK art market, pre-2000.

Lot 594

A antique horn handled leather whip

Lot 271

A Nymphenburg Porcelain White Glazed Boar Hunting Figure Group, 20th century, impressed mark, together with two similar figures (3)Nymphenburg Boar Hunting Figure Group - 24cm high, 25cm wide, with restoration to the urn, the seated gentlemans head and torso, the French horn and some other extremities.Figure with two hounds - 16.5cm, some restoration to leads, sword and whip.Falconer - 22cm high, in good condition.

Lot 168

Border Fine Arts 'The Country Doctor' (Man and Gig), model No. JH63 by Ray Ayres, limited edition 944/1250, on wood base, with box and certificate; together with Country Artists 'The Harvesters', by Keith Sherwin, limited edition 496/850, with certificate; and a large Lilliput Lane model on wood base (3)Country Doctor - chips to both ears of horse, carriage wheels detached from base, misshapen whip, in need of repair. The other two models in overall good condition but without boxes.

Lot 236

A crate of various horse hames, leather and brass, leather gaiters, leather map case (x 2), leather plaited horse whip, martingales and horse brasses for Stroud Brewery Company and others, etc. and a framed colour print of a "Primitive bull in a landscape", 72 cm x 98 cm

Lot 403

AFTER MICHAEL LYNE "Hare coursing with hounds and hare", colour print, limited edition 404/500, signed on panel below, 24 cm x 35 cm, together with another similar No'd 449/500 and AFTER MICHAEL LYNE “Hare coursing scene with figure and whip”, colour print, limited edition 444/500, signed in pencil to panel below, 24 cm x 37 cm

Lot 104

Two South American gauchos leather lassos, a set of vintage bolas and a pair of hide stirrups and leather gauchos horse whip with plaited handle

Lot 238

WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY REVOLVING BOOTSTAND EARLY 19TH CENTURY the turned central knop and column with whip spindles and a circular boot holder, on a circular base; together with a with a pair of leather riding boots 104cm high, 38cm diameter

Lot 441

An ebonised and gilt cast iron umbrella or whip stand in Victorian style, decorated with leaves, etc., 55cm high, 28cm wide.

Lot 599

Axumite Coinage, Eon (c. 390) gold unit, +aca+xac+cac+cac, draped bust right wearing tall crown, holding whip, cross above, framed by wheat-stalks, rev. ian+aax+cwi+cic, draped bust right wearing headcloth, holding whip, cross above, framed by wheat-stalks, 1.61g/12h (Ashmolean 332-6; BMC 401). About very fine £300-£400

Lot 598

Axumite Coinage, Nezool (Late 5th Century), gold unit, θεοvε vχλριcτια, draped bust right wearing tall crown, holding whip, cross above, framed by wheat-stalks, rev. βαcιλευc νεοζοwa draped bust right wearing headcloth, holding whip, cross above, framed by wheat-stalks, 1.61g/12h (Ashmolean 332-6; BMC 401). Centres a little weak, otherwise very fine, scarce £500-£600

Lot 597

Axumite Coinage, Ebana (c. 460-480), gold unit, +cax+aca+cac+cin draped bust right wearing tall crown, holding whip, framed by wheat-stalks, rev. +ana+ bac+ac+ccc+ draped bust right wearing headcloth, holding whip, cross above, framed by wheat-stalks, 1.56g/12h (Ashmolean 258; BMC 303). Very fine, a little striking weakness £300-£400

Lot 680

Severus Alexander, Denarii (2), 230, laureate bust right, draped over left shoulder, rev. Sol , cloak over shoulders, standing left, raising right hand and holding whip, 3.09g/12h (RIC 101b; RSC 388); 231-5, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Mars walking right, holding spear in right hand and shield in left, 2.68g/11h (RIC 246d; RSC 161a) [2]. First better than very fine, second good very fine £90-£120

Lot 384

Octavian (31-27 BC), Denarius, Uncertain mint, possibly Brundisium or Rome, 29-7, laureate head of Apollo right, rev. Octavian, veiled and draped, driving yoke of oxen right, whip in left hand, [i]mp caesar in exergue, 3.78g/8h (RIC 272; RSC 117). Banker’s marks in obverse field, toned and good fine £150-£200

Lot 446

Two Vintage Riding Whips Together with a Beagling Whip (Some Condition Issues)

Lot 213

A mid 20th century Chinese porcelain figural group, 18cm long, modelled as a man with horse and carriage, brown stained base, the man lacks his stick or whip, manufacturing faults, paper labels to base

Lot 445

A collection of Hunting accessories to include a leather game hanger, two stag antler riding crops, a pair of boot pulls, a whip and a copper hunting horn

Lot 1406

Swaine of England staghorn hunting whip, Victorian mallacca walking cane with silver mounts, 91cm (marks worn) and a London 1921 silver topped ebonised cane, 90.5cm (3)Shipping £68.00 plus vat (UK Only)

Lot 97

A large Royal Doulton character jug titled Jockey, model number D6625, designed by Michael Abberley. This piece features the vibrant depiction of a jockey with a cap in bold yellow and maroon stripes and a whip forming the handle. Hand-painted with remarkable detail, the jug showcases the exceptional craftsmanship and whimsical charm for which Royal Doulton is celebrated. The base includes the Royal Doulton hallmark, model details, and registration numbers. Dimensions: 8"HCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.

Lot 1538

Postcards, Entertainment, a selection of approx. 47 cards mostly early 20th C. Includes Wee Georgie Beck, George Formby, Jamaica Choral Society Choir, Pupazzi act, Elsie Robey (singer), Fred Spencer (drag act, panto), Morris & Cowley (comedians), Paget Trio, Guiseppe Sacco Homan (the famous fasting man), Fred Lindsey (whip act), Watson's Fox Terries (performing dogs), Rico and his famous Gypsy Girls, Pierrots, The Scarleteers, The 4 Kipper Kids, George Moon (actor, signed), Steffani. Also 10 cards with signatures (mainly gd)

Lot 751

A silver mounted Brigg hunting whip and whistle, London 1932, the grip 22cm long; with a further hunting whistle, a Kohler & Son hunting horn in leather holster, a novelty miniature hunting horn, seven riding crops to include silver mounted examples; three pairs of early 20th century hunting boots with boot trees, and a pair of riding boots with boot trees (15)

Lot 71

Pair: Colonel A. W. Macnaghten, 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry, Indian Army, who during the Abyssinia campaign received the unusual combination of both a ‘Mention’ and a reprimand from the General Officer Commanding, the latter for taking his whip to an insubordinate officer Abyssinia 1867 (Captn. A. W. Macnaghten 2nd. Bombay Light Cavry.) suspension repaired; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lt. Col. A. W. Macnaghten. 2nd. Bo. Lt. Cavy.) mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2004. Arthur William MacNaghten was born in Calcutta in June 1835, the son of a Bengal civil servant. Following a private education under the watchful eye of assorted clergymen, he attended the East India College Haileybury and was nominated for a Cadetship in the Bombay Cavalry by a kinsman - and Director of the East India Company - Eliot MacNaghten. On arrival at Bombay in April 1854, MacNaghten joined the 2nd Light Cavalry, by whom, in December 1856, he was reported as being a ‘very promising young officer, the most likely to do justice to the Adjutancy’. He was duly advanced to Lieutenant in October of the following year, and went on to serve in various Field Columns in Central India 1858-59, in pursuit of Tantia Tope and other rebels, but did not qualify for entitlement to the Medal, his name having been struck off the roll as ‘Not entitled’ (accompanying copy roll entry refers). MacNaghten did get his Adjutancy, however, joining the Poona Horse in that capacity in February 1861, and was also advanced to Captain in January of the following year. Better still, he served as an Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Smith at Poona and Karachi between May 1862 and August 1864, but was compelled to return home on furlough on a medical certificate in the latter month. Soon after his return to India in early 1867, MacNaghten was attached to the 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry and embarked for Abyssinia, where he served throughout the expedition and was present at the capture of Magdala, being Mentioned in Despatches by General Napier for his part in commanding the 180-strong contingent of his regiment at the final investment of that place, when, in a force commanded by Colonel Graves, it moved up to ‘the Kaffir Burr Gate, which was watched by the Gallas’ (London Gazette 16 June 1868 refers). Less happily, perhaps, he also came to the C.-in-C’s attention for having taken his whip to an insubordinate officer, Captain C. L. Halbert, who was on attachment to his regiment. MacNaghten had already confined Halbert to his tent for ‘disobeying a lawful command’, but, as described in the proceedings of a subsequent Court Martial, he then took it upon himself to deliver his own punishment:
‘For conduct unbecoming the character of an Officer and a Gentleman, in having, on or about the Eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, at camp Adooda, in Abyssinia, entered the tent of Lieutenant C. L. Halbert, of the same Corps, then in arrest, and violently assaulted the said Lieutenant Halbert by repeatedly striking him with a whip.’ Duly found guilty of the above stated charge, the court wisely elected to sentence MacNaghten to ‘be reprimanded in such manner as His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief may deem proper’, and the latter - no doubt experienced in the ways of officers and gentlemen - reacted by having MacNaghten ‘released from arrest and returned to duty’, adding in the same breath that his offence, ‘deliberately committed, deserved a severe sentence.’ Undoubtedly, though, his actions would have become a major topic of conversation on the regiment’s return to India, and MacNaghten’s next appointment, that of Superintendent of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway Police 1869-71, no doubt served as a suitable “cooling off” period! Given the Brevet of Major in December 1872, following a period of furlough back home, MacNaghten rejoined his old regiment, the 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry, as a 2nd Squadron Officer in the following year and, in August 1875, on advancement to substantive Major, was appointed 2nd in Command. Further promotion followed, and by the outbreak of the Second Afghan War he was a Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the regiment:
‘During the spring and early summer of 1880, the 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry served at Jacobabad, Quetta and Sibi, in the Reserve Division of the Kandahar Field Force ... [but] ... on the forward concentration of the troops in August 1880, in consequence of the disaster at Maiwand, the regiment was moved up to Kila Abdulla, and as a unit of General Phayre’s relieving force took part in the advance on Kandahar. The regiment remained serving in the neighbourhood of Kandahar and on the line of communication till after the evacuation of that city by the British forces’ (Shadbolt refers). MacNaghten became a full Colonel in March 1884, returned home of furlough in December 1890 and was placed on the Unemployed Supernumerary List in May 1892. He died at his residence in London in October 1919, and was interred in Brompton Cemetery, West Kensington. Sold with copied research.

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