A George III silver salver

Thomas Hannam & John Crouch II, London 1803

Footnotes

Property of a lady

The arms and crest as presented appear to be for the WALDEGRAVE family who in 1800 were created barons of Radstock.
At the time of assay 1803, the arms would have been the property of William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, GCB (9 July 1753 – 20 August 1825) earlier Royal Naval Admiral in the Royal Navy and Governor of Newfoundland.
He was the second son of John WALDEGRAVE (1718-1784) 3rd Earl Waldegrave by Elizabeth GOWER daughter of the 1st Earl Gower. In 1785 he married Cornelia JACOBA van LENNEP (1753-1839), daughter of the Dutch poet and novelist Jacob van LENNEP. The couple had three sons and six daughters. His wife Cornelia was Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte, and outlived her husband by 14 years.

After an education at Eton Waldegrave entered the navy in May 1766 aged 13. Waldegrave rose rapidly through the ranks, receiving his own command, as commander of the sloop HMS Zephyr on 23 June 1775. He continued a rapid promotion, to rear-admiral 4 July 1794, vice-admiral on 1 June 1795 and was appointed to a position in the Mediterranean fleet. On 14 February 1797 he was third-in-command at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent fighting alongside Commodore Horatio Nelson. In the proliferation of honours that followed the battle he was offered a baronetcy. Waldegrave declined the offer because this was subordinate to his rank as a son of an Earl.
Waldegrave was then appointed commander-in-chief and governor of Newfoundland, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, on 16 May 1797 as a reward for his efforts at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
Waldegrave finished his term as governor in 1800 and was created an Irish peer as Baron Radstock, of Castletown in the Queen's County. In 1802, upon his retirement, Waldegrave was promoted to full Admiral. He was Admiral of the Blue 1802, the White 1805 and the Red 1810. He was an officiate at Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson s funeral on 9 January 1806.
In 1815 he was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB). He died of apoplexy at his residence in Portland Place on 20 August 1825, and he was interred at his family's vault at Navestock Church, Essex.

During his time in Newfoundland he did much for the pastoral care of the inhabitants, and he carried on his good works, almost zealously, into his later years. He enjoyed fine art, and as well as building up a superb collection that was valued at 51,000 guineas and included Van Dyke portraits of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria, he also patronised young artists.