The potentially interesting Honourable East India Company Madras Artillery man’s October 1818 Chapel Stall Plate for a Companion of The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, as issued to Lieutenant Colonel John Crosdill Esquire, C.B., Regiment of Madras Artillery, Honourable East India Company Forces. Crosdill was the son of John Crosdill, the well known English musician, cellist and violinist, from whom he inherited a substantial fortune in 1825. Prior to this he had distinguished himself out in India, and been appointed a Companion of the Military Order of the Bath on 14th October 1818.
The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, engraved to: ‘John Crosdill Esquire, / Lieutenant Colonel in the Regiment of Artillery in the / Service of the East India Company on the Madras Establishment / Companion of the Most Honourable / Military Order of the Bath / Nominated 14th. October 1818.’
Condition: paintwork with only very slight loss, Good Very Fine.
John Crosdill saw service in the Madras Artillery, Honourable East India Company Forces. Having been promoted to Captain in 1801 and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1813, and was appointed to be a Companion of the Military Order of the Bath on 14th October 1818. On the death of his father in 1825, the well known English musician, cellist and violinist, and also known as John Crosdill, he inherited a substantial fortune. He died in London on 1st June 1849.
