Lot 3674

Description

The Most Noble Order of the Garter, garter ( with embroidered lettering) dark blue velvet and gold, bearing the motto, Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense, in golden letters, with buckle. Fine and rare.

Together with a handwritten card which states 'This Garter (which is a part of the Costume of the Knight of the Garter) did belong to His Late Royal Highness, the Duke of York. H.R.H. presented it after the death of his father George III to Mr White of Lyndhurst in the New Forest, H.R.Highness's Deputy Warden of that Domain. Mr White presented it (after the Duke's death) to his the Rev Thomas Foster, who was & is my valued friend, who presented it to John Blalih. H.R.H. Frederick, Duke of York & Albany (1763-1827), 2nd Son of George III, sometime C. in C. of the British Army.