No. 53 St. George’s Hanover Square Armed Association
£15.00
MAKE READY [as a Center Rank] (see original 1799 description below)
St George’s, Hanover Square, is an Anglican church (and thus the epicentre of the old parish) in the City of Westminster, central London, built in the early eighteenth century as part of a project to build fifty new churches around London (the Queen Anne Churches). (See Map). The church was designed by John James; its site was donated by General William Steuart, who laid the first stone in 1721. The building is one small block south of Hanover Square, near Oxford Circus. Because of its location, it has frequently been the venue for society weddings.
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Description
Original Description of the unit from 1799:
No. LIII
ST. GEORGE’S HANOVER SQUARE ASSOCIATION
CAPTAIN BOODLE
This Association was instituted in June 1798, when they resolved to serve without Pay, to assist the Civil Magistrates in suppressing any Riot, Tumults, or hostile Force, within the Parish of St. George’s, Hanover square; and to provide Clothes and Accoutrements at their own Expence.Their Quarterly Committee consists of the Officers, and six Non-commissioned Officers and Privates, appointed by the majority of the Corps. There is also a Body of Inhabitants belonging to this Association, who are not trained to the use of Arms, but ready to assist in such manner as may be judged most useful.
OFFICERS’ NAMES:
Captain, – Boodle. Lieutenant, — Tombling; Ensign, — Storey.
DRESS:
Helmet; Bear-skin, red Feather tipped white. Breast-plate, oval, with cypher S. G. H. in centre of Garter; above, the Crown, with the word ASSOCIATION under it. Cartouch Box; S. G. H. in cypher within a Garter, inscribed ASSOCIATION, and radiated with a Star; the Crown above. Buttons; cypher, S. G. H. A. under the Crown; the whole encircled with the Garter. Half Boots.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.0121 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 25.5 × 32.5 cm |