Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A post-War ‘Civil Division’ C.B.E. group of six awarded to Lord Mowbray, Grenadier Guards, who was wounded at Normandy in 1944, and served as Gold Stick at the Coronation of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II in 1953

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with both full size and miniature width neck ribands, in Fattorini, Birmingham, case of issue; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, these mounted court-style as worn; together with the recipient’s group of six miniature awards, these similarly mounted, about extremely fine (6) £300-£400

C.B.E. London Gazette 12 June 1982:
‘For political service.’

Charles Edward Stourton, 26th Baron Mowbray, 27th Baron Segrave, and 23rd Baron Stourton was born on 11 March 1923, the son of William Marmaduke Stourton, 25th Baron Mowbray &c., and a direct descendant of of Geoffrey de Mowbray, an adviser to William the Conqueror, and also of William de Mowbray, one of the 25 Barons who forced King John to sign the Magna Carta. Educated at Ampleforth and Christ Church, Oxford, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards on 13 March 1943 and served with them during the Second World War during the Normandy campaign. He was wounded at Caen prior to September 1944, losing an eye and was invalided out the following year. His old friend, Sir Iain Moncrieffe of that Ilk, recalled that, when his brother officers urgently called for a doctor to treat their badly wounded comrade, Charles Stourton demanded that a priest be summoned instead - an indication of priorities to which he remained unshakeably committed throughout his life.

Stourton served as Gold Stick at the Coronation of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, and succeeded to the Baronies of Mowbray, Segrave, and Stourton upon the death of his father on 7 May 1965. He served as a Conservative whip in the House of Lords, where he was instantly recognisable by his eye-patch, and as a Lord-in-waiting in both the Heath and Thatcher governments was often called upon to greet visiting heads of state at Heathrow Airport. He died on 12 December 2006, and was succeeded to the baronies by his son.

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For the medals awarded to the recipient’s father, see Lot 80.