The Naval General Service medal awarded to Commander Hugh Entwisle, Royal Navy, a Volunteer borne as an Able Seaman in H.M.S. Bellerophon at the battle of Trafalgar; at the close of the action he was sent with a Lieutenant to take possession of the Spanish 74 Bahama

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Hugh Entwisle.) some little nicks to rim, otherwise better than very fine; together with a fine contemporary portrait miniature of Entwisle in naval uniform, in oils, with an old inscription in ink affixed to the reverse ‘Hugh Entwisle. Middie on board the “Victory” with Lord Nelson’, in ebonised frame with gilt fittings, good condition (2) £8,000-£10,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas.

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Buckland Dix & Wood, March 1996.

Confirmed on the roll as Able Seaman aboard H.M.S. Bellerophon at Trafalgar.

Hugh Entwisle was the second son of John Entwisle, of Foxholes, Rochdale, Lancashire. He entered the Navy on 7 May 1799, as First-class Volunteer, on board the Amethyst on the home station. While in that frigate, besides being much employed in the conveyance of royal and diplomatic personages, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture of three privateers, carrying 34 guns and 270 men, and witnessed the surrender on 27 January 1801, of the French 36-gun frigate La Dédaigneuse, and on 9 April the national corvette Le Général Brune of 14 guns. In September 1805, he joined the Bellerophon, borne as an A.B., and participated at the battle of Trafalgar as a Volunteer. Bellerophon formed one of the lee division under Collingwood and bore a distinguished part in the great victory of Trafalgar, when her captain, the gallant John Cooke, was killed almost at the same time and in the same way that Lord Nelson met his death. Entwisle, at the close of the action, was sent with Lieutenant Douglas to take possession of the Bahama, a Spanish 74. It is interesting to note that he was related both to Captain Cooke, and to Mr J. E. Markland, who also served as a Volunteer on Bellerophon during the battle. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1806 and, in the Paulina, took part in the expedition to Copenhagen, 1807. In the Bucephalus, commanded by Captain G. W. H. D’Ath who had also served at Trafalgar on Bellerophon, he took part in the operations against New Orleans in 1814. He retired as Commander in 1839, becoming a D.L. and J.P. for county Glamorgan, and died on 23 December 1867, and is buried in the churchyard at Llanbletghian, South Glamorgan.