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Ref: 4815

Liverpool, Thomas Leyland election medal 1816, silver, named to Roger Hunter, by Thomas Halliday, rare

 

 

Obv: Liverbird on seashore, boats at sea in the distance, LIVERPOOL BE FREE around

 

Rev: ROGER HUNTER engraved in cartouche above ONE OF THE INDEPENDENT MINORITY 738 WHO VOTED FOR THOS LEYLAND ESQ AT THE LIVERPOOL ELECTION 1816 in 9 lines, crown above

 

 

Condition: Very fine; Diameter: 39mm

 

References: none found

 

 

Notes: Thomas Leyland (1752-1827), won the lottery which enabled him to set up in business. He then made a fortune from slavery and when the slave trade was abolished in 1807 he set up his own bank in Liverpool, in partnership with his nephew and fellow slaver Richard Bullin. He was also mayor of the city on three occasions. He was unsuccessful in the 1816 election, losing to George Canning.

 

 

Price £275

 

Liverpool election medal 1816, Leyland & Hunter
Liverpool election medal 1816, Leyland & Hunter

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