Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Naval and Military Tournament Chairman’s Badge, gold and enamel, the reverse inscribed, ‘Major General Hon. Sir F. W. Stopford, K.C.M.G., C.B.’, in its Carrington & Co. fitted case of issue, extremely fine £470-520

Frederick William Stopford was born in February 1854, a younger son of the 4th Earl of Courtown, and was commissioned in the Grenadier Guards in 1871. Engaged in the Egypt operations of 1882, when he served as A.D.C. to Sir John Adye, he was awarded the 5th Class Turkish Order of Medjidie, in addition to the Medal & clasp and Khedive’s Star, and, in 1884-85, as A.D.C. to Major-General Fremantle, he witnessed further active service in the same theatre of war, gaining a mention in despatches, the Brevet of Major and a second clasp to his Medal. Then in 1896, he acted as Assistant Adjutant-General in the Ashanti operations, services that gained him the Brevet of Colonel, in addition to the Campaign Star. Having then been awarded the C.B. in 1898, Stopford served as Military Secretary to Sir Redvers Buller in South Africa 1899-1900, and was appointed K.C.M.G. in the latter year. Subsequently the Director of Military Training 1904-06 and G.O.C. London District 1906-09 (awarded K.C.V.O.), he was promoted to K.C.B. in 1921 and retired in the rank of Lieutenant-General. He died in May 1929.