30th Mar, 2022 12:00
March Country House & Fine Interiors Auction
Chillingham wild cattle interest: a stuffed and mounted horned cow's head
Sold for £1,800
A fine and rare example of a taxidermy Chillingham bull, on oak shield with ivory plaque inscribed 'Shot by Sir John Christopher Willoughby, Octr 6th 1878, at Chillingham Castle', 53 x 67 x 100cms.
Note: The Wild Cattle of Chillingham are remarkable survivors of the ancient cattle which once roamed Britain’s forests.
Sir John Christopher Willoughby, 5th Baronet DSO (20 February 1859 – 16 April 1918) was a British army officer, Justice of the Peace for Oxfordshire, and landowner of properties in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. After education at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, John Christopher Willoughby became in 1879 a lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Oxford Light Infantry. He became a 2nd lieutenant in the 6th Dragoon Guards and entered the Royal Horse Guards in 1880. He served in the Egyptian campaign in 1882 (awarded medal with clasp, and bronze star), in the Nile expedition in 1884–1885 (mentioned in despatches), and with the British South Africa Company's Force in Matabeleland in 1893. In South Africa in the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1900, he was present with Cavalry Headquarter Staff during the siege of Ladysmith and at the relief of Mafeking was appointed major, under General Hunter, in charge of Transport of Flying Column (mentioned in despatches and awarded a medal). Willoughby served in World War I from 1914 to 1917 and was awarded DSO in 1917. He was ultimately major in command of the 1st Motor Battery of the Army Service Corps before his death aged 59 in April 1918. He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London.
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Auction: March Country House & Fine Interiors Auction, 30th Mar, 2022
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