Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Lieutenant-Colonel the Lord Kensington, Corps of Guides Cavalry, Indian Army, late 15th/19th Hussars

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Lieut. Hon. W. Edwardes., 15-19-H.); India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39, second clasp a tailor’s copy (Capt. Hon’ble W. Edwardes, Guides Cav.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, extremely fine (6) £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Members of the Nobility and The Royal Household.

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William Edwardes, 7th Baron Kensington, was born on 15 May 1904, the eldest son of the 6th Baron Kensington and his wife Mable, daughter of George Pilkington Esq. Educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 15th/19th Hussars on 30 August 1924. Promoted Lieutenant on 30 August 1926, he served with the Cavalry in India on the North West Frontier in 1930-31, before transferring to the Indian Army with the rank of Captain on 17 November 1935. He served with the Corps of Guides Cavalry on the North West Frontier, and during the Second World War, and was advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel.

Lord Kensington succeeded his father as 7th Baron Kensington on the latter’s death on 4 March 1938, and died unmarried on 19 August 1981. He was succeeded to the Barony by his nephew; the title is extant.

M.I.D. unconfirmed.

Sold together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, and various riband bars.