JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 14 March 2023 - 10:00 AM start

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Lieutenant-colonel Robert Henry Wynyard CB (1802–1864) historical Australian cedar campaign chest,

Realised: $2,600 plus premium

Lot Details

two-section with two short over three full width drawers, recessed knob handles, each drawer with a brass lock and escutcheon plates, two absent, compressed turned bun feet. Each part with attached cedar side bars, each with two holes for securing, fittings absent. 900 x 430 x 1000mm. Provenance: From a Wynyard family member. Note: R H Wynyard was born in Windsor Castle to William Wynyard, Colonel of the 5th Regiment of Foot and Equerry to King George III. He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in command of the 58th Regiment. When the regiment was posted to Sydney, Australia in 1844, Wynyard was sent on to New Zealand with 200 men to take part in the Flagstaff War against Hone Heke and Kawiti. Wynyard was present at the siege of Ruapekapeka on 11 January 1846 and in recognition of his services he was appointed a Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. In December 1846 Wynyard returned to New Zealand to command the forces there until 1858 and was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1854.