The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals

Pair: China 1842 (H. H. Garrett, Midn. H.E.I.C.S. Auckland); New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated ‘1845 to 1846’ (Midn., H.E.I.Coy’s. S. Elphinstone) edge bruise to the first, otherwise very fine and better and extremely rare (2)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals.

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Horatio Hill Garrett was born in Kent on 30 April 1825, son of Lieutenant Edward Garrett, R.N., and nephew to the Trafalgar veteran Commander Henry Garrett, R.N. He was educated at Greenwich Hospital, which he attended for three years, and entered the Honourable East India Company’s Bombay Marine in 1839 as a ‘Volunteer’ Cadet. He served in the China and New Zealand Wars and was later drowned at sea.