An early 20th century military officer's bicorn hat, by W Ca...

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£190

An early 20th century military officer's bicorn hat, by W Cater & Co, Pall Mall, London, 42cm long, the Japanned tin inscribed Major General Sir John Hanbury Williams, KC, VO, CMG, 47cm long, luggage label inscribed in ink MS Hotel Meurice, Paris


Major General Sir John Hanbury Williams (1859 - 1946) served as Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War, During World War I he headed the British mission to Russia, having direct access to Tsar Nicholas II. He also served on the International Olympic Committee, representing Canada between 1911 and 1921. In later life he lived in an apartment in the Henry III Tower at Windsor Castle.