Duke of Northumberland and Prince Albert, Installed Chancellors of Cambridge University,
Duke of Northumberland and Prince Albert, Installed Chancellors of Cambridge University, , a pair of bronze medals, 1847, by J. Peters, Duke of Northumberland and Prince Albert facing each other, rev. exterior view of the Senate House, 44 mm, ( BHM. 2055 and BHM. 2261), a pair of medals contained in original lettered case inscribed, Tout Droit/ E. D. C. / 1847. Good extremely fine and rare in this presentation case by James Peters. £Sold
These were a private speculation by James Peters, a jeweller of St. Mary's Street, now Market Hill, struck at the Soho Mint.
Sir Hugh Percy, third Duke of Northumberland, (1785-1847). On entering Parliament he introduced a bill for the abolition of slavery in the colonies but it was counted out.
For the ceremony for Prince Albert, the installation ode was written by William Wordsworth, the Poet Laureate and set to music by Professor Walmisley. In the afternoon the Queen and Prince Albert visited the Fitzwilliam Museum.
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