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Westley Richards - London. A Best Quality .350 Magnum Droplock Ejector Double Rifle

A fine Westley double complimented with 26" shoe lump ejector barrels made from Sir Joseph Whitworth Fluid Steel, detachable gold gilded droplocks and internal forend parts, patented single selective trigger mechanism, removable drop plate, extra grade walnut treble grip butt stock with a 5/8" pigskin pad, bolted safety, compartmented grip cap, engraved quarter rib with matching front ramp sight with hooded feature, dolls head fastener with C bolting. Completed 1911 for Lord Charles Fitzmaurice.

Lord Charles George Francis Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice MVO (12 February 1874 – 30 October 1914) was a British soldier and courtier.

He was the youngest son of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne. He became a Major in the 1st King's Dragoon Guards and from 1899–90, he was an aide-de-camp to FM Frederick Roberts during the Boer War. On 20 January 1909, he married Lady Violet Murray-Kynymound (the youngest daughter of the 4th Earl of Minto) and they had two children:
(Mary) Margaret Elizabeth Petty-Fitzmaurice (1910–2003), married Lieutenant Colonel Ririd Myddleton. George John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice (1912–1999)
From 1909 he was an equerry to the Prince of Wales (later George V) until he was killed in action in the First World War.

Edited by CptCurl (03/07/10 09:56 PM)

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