Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Laswarree (Lieut. J. S. Brownrigg, 12th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, additionally neatly engraved before the rank ‘W.D.S.B. 1887’, nearly extremely fine and scarce £3000-3500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Awards to the Indian Army from the Collection of AM Shaw.

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John Studholme Brownrigg was born in London in March 1786, youngest son of Lieutenant J. S. Brownrigg, 38th Foot. A Cadet of the 1800 season, he arrived in India in August 1801 and was commissioned Ensign in the 12th Bengal Native Infantry in November 1801. He was promoted to Lieutenant in September 1803 and served under General Lake with the 12th N.I. in the second Mahratta war, being present at the battle of Laswarree, 1 November 1803, ‘as fierce a fight as was ever fought by men.’

Brownrigg transferred to the 8th N.I., and was Adjutant and Quartermaster of that unit 1805-10. He was present at the capture of Java in August 1811 but neither claimed nor received the medal for that campaign. He served as Secretary to the Military Board from February 1813 until his resignation from the army in April 1820, having been promoted Captain in February 1815. Captain Brownrigg represented Boston as a Member of Parliament from January 1835 until his retirement in 1847. He died at home in Middlesex in September 1853.