The East India Company 1845 pattern infantry officer's sword worn by Captain - later General -

The East India Company 1845 pattern infantry officer's sword worn by Captain - later General - Brooke Boyd (1816-1900), blade with etched decoration incorporating the Honourable East India Company lion, by Henry Wilkinson and with brass proof mark to the ricasso, regulation gilt-brass 'gothic' hilt with VR cypher, steel scabbard, c. 1854.

In 1854 the original owner, Brooke Boyd (son of General Mossom Boyd, also of the H.E.I.C. service) was serving as a Captain in the 68th Bengal Native Infantry. He had fought in the first Anglo-Sikh War at the Battle of Sobraon, and in the Burmese War of 1852-53, and his Sutlej Medal and India Medal with Pegu clasp were sold in these rooms 14th December 2021. He was made Major in 1855, and following further service in Bundelkhand in 1858 he was promoted Lieutenant Colonel in 1859, Colonel in 1866, Major General in 1871, Lieutenant General in 1877 and General in 1888.

Provenance: by family descent.