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An interesting collection of items relating to General Sir John Hart Dunne KCB, contained in an early Victorian rosewood and brass inlaid writing slope, the cover inscribed 'Capt. John Hart Dunne 99th Regt' including a Chinese gilt metal and white metal box of canted rectangular form, the hinged cover with hexagonal knop and inscribed beneath 'From the Summer Palace, acquired in the French encampment General J H Dunne Oct 1860', 6cm wide, a filigree work bodkin case of cylinder form, the inner sleeve inscribed 'A Trifle from the Emperor's Summer Palace Gen John Hart Dunne', 11cm long, several photographs of the General included in uniform, a negative of the General and a companion wearing Chinese robes, two photographs of the Pekinese dog presented by Dunne to Queen Victoria and a quantity of correspondence mainly relating to Lady Dunne and their children/Note: John Hart Dunne (1835-1924) obtained his first commission in 1852 and later served in the Crimea. After gaining his Captaincy 1855 he transferred to the 99th Regiment in 1856. In 1860 Dunne served in China campaign where he personally hoisted the Union Flag over the captured Taku fort. After the destruction of the Summer Palace he presented to Queen Victoria 'for the Royal Collection of dogs' in the same year. Several promotions from the mid-1860s saw Hart Dunne reach the rank of General in 1893. In 1894 he was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London and in 1898 became Colonel of the Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment. He retired in 1902 and received The Most Honourable Order of the Bath in 1906. A related box sold at Mallam's, Cheltenham 19th May 2011 Lot 520/see illustration