The Upfill-Brown Collection

A fine East African group to Sir Vincent Glenday, K.C.M.G., O.B.E., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Somaliland

THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, K.C.M.G., silver, gilt and enamel neck badge and breast star; THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Civil), 1st type; AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland 1917-18 (V. G. Glenday, N. Frontier D. C.); DEFENCE and WAR MEDALS; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937; Zanzibar, ORDER OF THE BRILLIANT STAR, 1st class Grand Cross sash badge and breast star in silver-gilt and enamels; Madagascar, ORDER OF THE STAR OF MADAGASCAR, 2nd class breast badge and breast star, the group mounted in a glass fronted display case, generally good very fine and better(12)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The AA Upfill-Brown Collection.

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K.C.M.G. awarded 1942 as Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Somaliland Protectorate. C.M.G., 1937, Provincial Commissioner, Kenya. O.B.E., 1929, for services during negotiations with the Abyssinian government, 1927-28. Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, 1951, conferred by the Sultan in recognition of valuable services rendered. Vincent Gonclaves Glenday was born 11 February 1891, and was appointed Assistant District Commissioner, East African Protectorate, 27 December 1913; Acting District Commissioner Northern Frontier, January 1914-June 1919; Officer in charge of Somali disarmament, March 1919; District Commissioner, Berbera, Somaliland, March to September 1920; between 1922 and 1926 he held similar positions, Nandi and Trans Ngora, Kacheliba, and Marsabit; Abyssinian Mission, 1927-28 (O.B.E.); Senior District Commissioner, and officer-in-charge, Northern Frontier, January 1934; Provincial Commissioner, December 1934; Governor and Commander in Chief of Somaliland Protectorate 1939-42; Colonial Office, 1942-43; British Agent in Eastern Aden Protectorate and Resident Advisor Hadramaut States 1944-45; British Resident, Zanzibar 1946-51; retired from the Colonial Administrative Service. Speaker of East African Central Legislative Assembly, September 1953 to December 1954. Note. It was the intention of the Madagascan government to award the Order of the Star to Sir Vincent Glenday during a State visit to the island. The Foreign Office, however, would not allow Glenday to accept it and it was consequently given to Lady Glenday to avoid any diplomatic embarrassment. She, however, was not given permission to wear the insignia.