Description

George III. 1760-1820. Gold Medal 1808 (awarded 1872), 84.93 g. Christ's College, Cambridge, Porteus Medal. By J. Phillip. Bust, laureate, armoured and draped. GEORGIUS III . PIUS FORTIS DEFENSOR FIDEI. Rv. College facade and gateway. OB STUDIA THEOLOGIAE FELICITER INSTITUTA. In exergue: COLL . CHRISTI PIETATIS ERGO, D . ALUMNUS OLIM BEILBY PORTEUS . LOND . 1808. Edge: JOSEPHUS TURNER HUTCHINSON. MDCCCLXXII. 49.3 mm. Eimer -. BHM 633. Selten / Rare. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine.

From the auction UBS 52, Zurich, September 2001, lot 2197.

Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as God's House. In 1505, the college was granted a new royal charter, was given a substantial endowment by Lady Margaret Beaufort, and changed its name to Christ's College, becoming the twelfth of the Cambridge colleges to be founded in its current form. One of the notable alumni is Beilby Porteus (8 May 1731 - 13 May 1809), successively Bishop of Chester and of London, who was a Church of England reformer and a leading abolitionist in England. He was the first Anglican in a position of authority to seriously challenge the Church's position on slavery. Among the famous members were Charles Darwin and John Milton.

This medal was awarded to Sir Joseph Turner Hutchinson (28 March 1850 - 20 January 1924) who was an English judge and who served as the 19th Chief Justice of Ceylon.