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A Very Rare Pair Of 30-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistols Belonging To Jahleel Brenton Recipient Of A Lloyd's Patriotic Sword Of £100 Value, Presented In 1810By John Manton, London, No. 2875 For 1797
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Find your local specialistA Very Rare Pair Of 30-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistols Belonging To Jahleel Brenton Recipient Of A Lloyd's Patriotic Sword Of £100 Value, Presented In 1810
By John Manton, London, No. 2875 For 1797
By John Manton, London, No. 2875 For 1797
19 cm. barrels
Footnotes
These previously unrecorded pistols are highly unusual in having barrels only 19 cm. long: they handle extremely well. For the only other known pair of similar pistols by the same maker (no. 2366) see Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 323
The coat-of-arms, motto and monogram are those of Jahleel Brenton who was born in Rhode Island, U.S.A. in 1770. His father, a Rear Admiral, served in the Royal Navy and, as a loyalist, suffered the loss of his property in the War of Independence. He entered the Navy in 1781, serving as a midshipman on his father's ship. He studied in England and passed his Lieutenant's examination but as he was unable to gain a commission served with the Swedish Navy against the Russians. On his return he was commissioned in 1790 and served as Lieutenant on the Barfleur at Cape St. Vincent. As commander of the brig Speedy he saw much action in the Straits of Gibraltar. He served as flag-captain to Sir James Saumarez in the battle at Algeciras in 1801. In 1803 he was shipwrecked and taken prisoner by the French. Exchanged some years later he was appointed Captain of the Spartan (46) in 1807 under Lord Collingwood in the Mediterranean. On the 3rd of May 1810 in the Bay of Naples, the Spartan engaged a French frigate, the Cérès, a large corvette, a brig and a cutter mounting in total 95 guns with about 1400 men as opposed to the Spartan's 46 guns and 258 men. After a fierce battle during which the French brig struck her colours and Brenton was wounded in the hip by grapeshot, the remaining French ships retreated to the protection of the batteries of Baia. It was for this action that he was awarded a sword by the Patriotic Fund, created a baronet and presented with the Grand Cross of St. Ferdinand. After recovering from his wounds he was made Commissioner of the dockyard at Port Mahon and then at the Cape of Good Hope. He was created a baronet in 1812, appointed K.C.B. in 1815 and attained flag rank in 1830. He died in 1844
His cased Lloyd's Patriotic Fund Sword and belt of £100 value (the last of this value presented) awarded for the gallant action described above and presented in 1810 was sold in these Rooms on 26 November 2008, lot 409 (£84,000 including premium)
Offered with a copy of a 'Memoir Of The Life And Services Of Vice-Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton, Baronet, K.C.B.', edited by the Rev. Henry Raikes, Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester, 1846; and a file containing biographical details
Saleroom notices
Please note that these pistols are cased