Royal and Noble
Royal and Noble
LUGGALA, PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HON. GARECH BROWNE
THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS ORDER OF ST PATRICK, A JEWELLED BREAST STAR
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January 21, 06:17 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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LUGGALA, PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HON. GARECH BROWNE
THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS ORDER OF ST PATRICK, A JEWELLED BREAST STAR
unsigned and unmarked, in pierced jewel-cut silver, with gold and blue enamel centre set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds, the central shamrock with applied crowns over saltire cross of St Patrick, motto of the Order QUIS SEPARABIT above with date of foundation MDCCLXXXIII below; the reverse with plain gold backplate and gold brooch-pin for suspension, one crown, one ruby and several smaller stones lacking
90mm. wide; 3 ½ in.
Worn by Geoffrey Henry Browne, 3rd Baron Oranmore and Browne, who became one of the last three non-royal Knights of the Order of St Patrick, being appointed on 3 June 1918.
The Order was founded by George III in 1783, during the American War of Independence, to reward the loyalty of Irish peers. Following the partition of Ireland in 1922 the only new appointees have been members of the Royal Family and, since the death of the last surviving Knight in 1974, the Order has become dormant.
Born Geoffrey Henry Browne-Guthrie on 6 January 1861, Oranmore and Browne succeeded his father to the Barony in 1900 before being elected an Irish Representative Peer, taking his seat in the House of Lords in July, 1902. In 1906 he dropped the surname ‘Guthrie’ and in January 1926 was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom when he became the 1st Baron Mereworth, in addition to his Irish title. He died on 30th June 1927.