Lot 644S2
A 12-bore sidelock ejector gun by Henry Atkin, no. 1883
29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£1,000 - £1,500
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A 12-bore sidelock ejector gun by Henry Atkin, no. 1883
The toplever, rib and forend-tip numbered '1' in gold, best foliate-scroll engraving, traces of hardening-colour, figured stock, the barrels engraved Henry Atkin Ltd., 27 St. James's St., London, S.W.
Weight 6lb. 7oz., 14¾in. stock, 29in. barrels, approx. I.C. & ⅝ choke, 2½in. chambers, London nitro reproof (left barrel-thickness at 18 thou)
Weight 6lb. 7oz., 14¾in. stock, 29in. barrels, approx. I.C. & ⅝ choke, 2½in. chambers, London nitro reproof (left barrel-thickness at 18 thou)
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1906 for the Hon. A. Codagon (sic)
Sir Alexander Montagu George Cadogan, O.M., G.C.M.G, K.C.B, (1884–1968) a lifelong diplomat probably following WW1 served at the Versailles Peace Conference and became head of the League of Nations section of the Foreign Office.
Recalled from Peking by Anthony Eden he served as joint Deputy Under-Secretary assisting him with the growing tensions in Europe. By the outbreak of WWII he was Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, a position he held until after the war, during which he attended the Dumberton Oaks Conference in 1944, about which Winston Churchill said "His Majesty's Government could have had no abler representative that Sir Alexander Cadogan and there is no doubt that a most valuable task has been discharged."
Cadogan was subsequently appointed first Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the newly established United Nations, a position he held until 1950. He was then appointed Chairman of the BBC despite having a vehement dislike of television.