Lieutenant-Colonel George William Paty, 96th Foot: a British Pattern 1822 infantry officer's sword,

Lieutenant-Colonel George William Paty, 96th Foot: a British Pattern 1822 infantry officer's sword, George IV, pipe-backed blade 32.25 in. and etched with 'LT COL PATY 96th REGT' and the royal cypher, gilt-brass 'gothic' hilt with royal cypher to the cartouche, steel scabbard.

General Sir George William Paty, K.C.B., K.H., was born in 1788 and joined the 32nd Foot as an Ensign in 1804. He served in the Copenhagen Campaign of 1807, and afterwards in the Peninsular. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1817, on half pay, he served in the 96th Foot as a Major on full pay between 1825 and 1825.