Ƒ Charles Lancaster: a fine pair of 12 bore assisted opening sidelock ejector double sporting guns,

Ƒ Charles Lancaster: a fine pair of 12 bore assisted opening sidelock ejector double sporting guns, serial numbers 17310 and 17311 and numbered 1 and 2 in gold to the top ribs, action levers and fore-ends; barrels 28 in., inscribed 'CHARLES LANCASTER' and '7 BURY STREET. ST JAMES. LONDON.', 2.5 in. chambers, scroll engraved fences with moulded acanthus bands, automatic safeties with gold 'SAFE', locks and actions finely and profusely engraved with scrolling foliage and floral bouquets, locks signed 'CHARLES LANCASTER', chequered straight-hand stocks with engraved steel furniture, Anson release fore-ends, gold escutcheon engraved 'N.W.', London nitro proof; in a best leather covered and brass bound double gun case with fitted interior and Stephen Grant and Joseph Lang trade label, a silver presentation plaque inscribed "AUGUST 2ND 1936 / TO NEVILLE FROM ROBBIE" and with a personal dedication (hallmarked London 1935), accessories including a steel oil bottle, leather bound canvas field cover, lid and cover both initialled 'G.N.C.W.'; also with a single gun case and cover, constructed and appointed to match and with identical silver presentation plaque. Section 2 - A Shotgun Certificate or RFD Authority is required to purchase this lot.

Lieutenant Colonel George Neville Clive Wigram, M.C., 2nd Baron Wigram

Lieutenant Colonel George Neville Clive Wigram, M.C., Grenadier Guards, 2nd Baron Wigram, received these guns together with the fly rod in lot 294 as a 21st Birthday present from Robert Grant, 2nd Baronet Grant of Forres, in 1936. He was commissioned in the Grenadier Guards in the following year, and served with great distinction in the Second World War, winning a Military Cross in 1945. See also lot 288.