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Historically important Victorian era London Mayor dress uniform 19th century
Historically important Victorian era London Mayor dress uniform 19th century
Historically important Victorian era London Mayor dress uniform 19th century
Historically important Victorian era London Mayor dress uniform 19th century
Historically important Victorian era London Mayor dress uniform 19th century
Historically important Victorian era London Mayor dress uniform 19th century
Historically important Victorian era London Mayor dress uniform 19th century

Historically important Victorian era London Mayor dress uniform 19th century

$ 5280

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    Description

    An historically important mid-19th century dress uniform, formerly belonging to the Lord Mayor of London 1866-1867, the jacket embellished with silver plated buttons and epaulettes, detailed 'Domine dirige nos' with the City of London crest, Silver embroidered tunic, pants sash and a sword belt suspender, all contained within a black-painted tin storage box (some faults, moth damage etc).
    Belonging to the Right Honourable Thomas Gabriel, Lord Mayor of London 1866-1867,
    Sir Thomas Gabriel, 1st Baronet
    (5 November 1811 – 23 February 1891), was a British timber merchant.
    Sir Thomas Gabriel's grave at West Norwood Cemetery, London
    Gabriel was the grandson of Christopher Gabriel, a distinguished
    plane
    maker.
    [1]
    Admission ticket to Lord Mayor Thomas Gabriel's reception of H.I.M. The Sultan
    Abd-ul-Aziz Khan
    at The Guildhall, 18 July 1867 issued to the Chairman of P. & O. Navigation Company.
    He was a partner of Thomas Gabriel and Sons and Burtons, timber importers and merchants, of Gabriels Wharf.
    [2]
    He served as
    Sheriff of London
    and Middlesex for 1859–60 and
    Lord Mayor of London
    for 1866–67. Soon after his term as Lord Mayor he was created a baronet (of Edgecombe Hall in the County of Surrey),
    [3]
    the customary honour given to holders of that office.
    Gabriel was buried at
    West Norwood Cemetery
    after he died in February 1891, aged 79. The baronetcy died with him.
    Gabriel is the great-great-great-uncle of singer-songwriter
    Peter Gabriel
    (Sir Thomas Gabriel's brother, Christopher Trowell Gabriel, was Peter Gabriel's great-great-grandfather).
    [4]