Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

LONDON, Holborn, The Jockey Club, oval silver, jockey club, rev. named (Lord Stanley), 37 x 20mm, 12.30g (W –; DNW 176, 275). Fine to fine; with loop for suspension and brass cord £50-£100

Provenance: Gift of Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby, 1994.

Edward John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby, MC, TD, DL (1918-94); educ. Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford; served with Grenadier Guards in World War II, awarded MC in Italian Campaign; Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire 1951; director of Martins Bank and Granada Television, creator of Knowsley Safari Park, 1971; owner of thoroughbred racehorses