Hunt & Roskell, late Storr & Mortimer Invoice - 1855

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Hunt & Roskell, late Storr & Mortimer Invoice - 1855

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Hunt & Roskell, late Storr & Mortimer Invoice - 1855

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An invoice from Hunt & Roskell, late Storr & Mortimer to Admiral Sir Graham Hamond, Bart, GCB, dated 1st December 1855.

Grand Cross Star of the Bath
A Secondhand ditto...........£24-00s-00d

By Knight Commander Star....£5-00s-00d (in part exchange)

Total............................£19-00s-00d

Paid on draft of Messrs. Coutts
3rd December 1855
Receipted by John Samuel Hunt

The history of this very important firm is far too great to post here, but briefly, Hunt & Roskell was the continuation of the well known firm of Storr & Mortimer, the business formed by Paul Storr and John Mortimer in 1822 after Paul Storr had severed his connection with Rundell, Bridge & Rundell. In 1826, Storr & Mortimer were joined in partnership by Paul Storr's nephew, John Samuel Hunt, who had worked for Storr for many years as a Chaser. Following Paul Storr's retirement in December 1838, the business was restyled Mortimer & Hunt, the partners being recorded as John Mortimer, John Samuel Hunt, and his son, John Hunt.

John Mortimer retired in December 1843, and John Samuel Hunt and John Hunt entered into partnership with Robert Roskell and Charles Frederick Hancock, and the business name changed to Hunt & Roskell. In January 1849, Charles Frederick Hancock left the partnership to start his own business.

Hunt & Roskell was later sold to J.W. Benson in 1899, and after WWII it became part of Mappin & Webb, who in turn were acquired by Asprey & Co. in 1990.


The recipient of this invoice is not without note, Admiral Sir Graham Hamond, Bart, GCB, had a long and distinguished naval career, stretching from Captain's servant to Admiral of the Fleet . He joined the Royal Navy at the almost unbelievable age of five and a half years of age, as a Captain's servant to his father, Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, Bart., F.R.S.. He later served in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He was one of Nelson's men at the Battle of Copenhagen in April 1801, and following the victory held the prayer-book from which Nelson read his thanks to God address.

Admiral Sir Graham Hamond was made KCB (Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath) in 1831, and elevated to GCB (Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath) in 1855, and it was this event that prompted the visit to the premises of Hunt & Roskell on the 1st December 1855, where he traded in the Knight Commander Star and took delivery of the Grand Cross Star, and unusually for those days, he settled his account just two days later.

For further information on Admiral of the Fleet Sir Graham Eden Hamond, 2nd Baronet GCB (1779—1862), see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Graham ... nd_Baronet" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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