Sir Francis Grenfell Interest - An Edwardian Glass Inkwell, of compressed globular form, with...
Sir Francis Grenfell Interest - An Edwardian Glass Inkwell, of compressed globular form, with hobnail cut base, the hinged silver cover engraved 'FROM SIR FRANCIS GRENFELL 1902', with hallmarks for London 1898, 12cm diameter (lacks liner) Footnote:- Field Marshal Francis Wallace Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, GCB, GCMG, PC served as aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief, South Africa, he fought in the 9th Xhosa War, the Anglo-Zulu War and then the Anglo-Egyptian War. He commanded the forces at the Battle of Suakin in December 1888 and at the Battle of Toski in August 1889 during the Mahdist War, after becoming Commander in Chief of the Egyptian Army