A UNIQUE & HIGHLY IMPORTANT
"MASTER OF ROYAL MINT" GIFT WATERLOO MEDAL.
OFFICIALLY IMPRESSED
"THE MASTER OF THE MINT TO THE RT. HON. C. BATHURST"

[THE HISTORY OF A UNIQUE MEDAL]
On 3 June 1816 W.W. POLE The Master of the Royal Mint announced that Waterloo Medals were to be struck and named at his own personal expense and given as gifts to a very select list of important dignitaries and national institutions.

The list below contains the names of 30 recipients which included H.R.H. The Commander-in-Chief and that of the Rt. Hon. Charles Bathurst who was then a Cabinet Minister in the Addington government.




HRH The Commander in Chief.

(Cabinet Ministers)
Earl of Harrowby
Lord Eldon
Earl of Westmorland
Earl of Liverpool (Future Prime Minister)
Rt Hon N. Vansittart
Lord Viscount Melville
Earl of Mulgrave
Lord Viscount Sidmouth
Lord Viscount Castlereagh
Earl Bathurst



*Rt Hon Charles Bathurst (Treasurer of the Navy, Secretary of War, Master of the Mint)*

Rt Hon Charles Long

(The Royal Mint Board Officers)
James W. Morrison Esq
John Barton Esq
Robert Bingley Esq
William Dickson Esq
James Lawson Esq
The Provost of the Company of Monyers.

Thomas WYON Esq (The Engraver of the Waterloo Medal)

Rt Hon George Canning
Marquis Wellesley (Brother of the Duke of Wellington)
Lady Eleanor Butler
Rt Hon Speaker of The House of Commons. (Charles Abbot)
James Croften Esq
John Rennie Esq
The British Museum
Ambassador of the Netherlands
Lady Emily Fitzroy Somerset (Wellngton's Niece who's Husband lost his right arm to a sniper at Waterloo)
The Governor and Company of the Bank of England
A few other examples are known in addition to those listed.

[CHARLES BATHURST 1754-1831]
Born as Charles Bragge in 1754, Bathurst was the son of Charles Bragge Snr, of Cleve Hill in Gloucestershire, and his wife Anne Bathurst, the granddaughter of Sir Benjamin Bathurst, younger brother of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst. He was educated at the University of Oxford. In 1804 he adopted his mother's surname by Royal license in lieu of Bragge.

Charles Bathurst, was a member of parliament & represented several different constituencies during the 33 years from 1790 to 1823.

Monmouth from 1790 to 1796.
Bristol from 1796 to 1812.
Bodmin from 1812 to 1818.
Harwich from 1818 to 1823.

He was invested a member of the Privy Council in 1801 and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Henry Addington as The Treasurer of the Navy from 1801 to 1803 and as The Secretary of War from 1803 to 1804.

He served under the Duke of Portland and Spencer Perceval as Master of the Royal Mint from 1806 to 1810 and under Prime Minister Lord Liverpool as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1812 to 1823.

In 1781 at the age of 27 he had married Charlotte Addington, the daughter of Anthony Addington the prime minister's brother.
Their marriage produced 2 sons and 2 daughters. He was succeeded in turn by their eldest son Charles and their younger son, Reverend William Hiley Bathurst who became the grandfather of Charles Bathurst 1st Viscount Bredisloe . Wife Charlotte survived him by eight years and died in May 1839.

He was President of the Board of Control from 1821 to 1822, and a member of the Society of Merchant Venturers and supported the slave trade.

He died on 13 August 1831 age 77.




A CLASSICALLY IMPORTANT MEDAL FIT FOR THE FINEST COLLECTION.

A Specimen Strike in PRACTICALLY "MINT STATE" with Semi-Prooflike Surfaces.

STUNNING ! £4995 with part exchanges welcome.