51mm. Silver. 61g. Unsigned.
Obverse with coat of arms, reverse engraved within wreath '1882 - Best Fat Steer - Under 2 - Won by - Captain Philip Green's - Sussex Steer "Brecon" - Boniface - Bo-peep'.
Cleaned Very Fine.
An article published in the Kent & Sussex Courier on June 19th 1888 states:
MARRIAGE OF CAPT. PHILIP GREEN AND MISS SCOTT.
The marriage, which was solemnised in town on Tuesday last, of Capt. Philip Green, J.P., and Miss Mabel Emllie, eldest daughter of Lady Scott and the late Sir Edward Scott, Bart., of 7, Grosvenor Square, and the Island of North Harris, Scotland, was one the most brilliant events of the fashionable season. Not only on the Bayham Estate, but throughout the two counties of Kent and Sussex and in the social and political world, Capt. Green has a deserved popularity. A distinguished career at Eton and Oxford (where the gallant Captain took his B.A. degree), twelve years’ service in the 9th, and afterwards the 5th, Lancers, which Capt. Philip Green left with the honourable reputation of being one of the smartest officers in Her Majesty’s service, are incidents not so familiar perhaps as the ties connecting him with the Bayham Estate, and which have won him the sincere respect of all who come in contact with him. Agriculture has found in Capt. Philip Green one always anxious to improve the Sussex stock, and many prizes have fallen to his lot, while at polo, or with the gun, or in the field, few men can better hold their own. His name has, in fact, become synonymous with those attributes which go to make up the rare qualities of a true English gentleman. It may not be inappropriate to introduce the subject of politics, for no one has worked more zealously or ably for the Conservative cause, and the high and honourable position Capt. Philip Green holds on that important organization the Primrose League, attests to the appreciation in which his undoubted administrative ability is held. We trust that before long Capt. Philip Green may be prevailed upon to become a candidate for Parliamentary honours, and nowhere will his career be more sympathetically watched than in this neighbourhood, where his genial manner and unaffected kindliness of heart have endeared him to all who have been brought in contact with him. Miss Scott, who is the proprietress of the Island of North Harris, in Scotland, and other estates, is equally well esteemed by her tenantry, and the union solemnised on Tuesday last was celebrated under the happiest auspices. However, it is our province to quote testimonies far more eloquently forcible than our own of the feeling entertained towards the newly united couple. Any visitor to Lady Scott’s house who was privileged to inspect the presents could not fail to have been struck with the large number of congratulatory addresses which, from servants, tenantry, and all classes, poured in on the happy pair, and which were couched in language of the warmest esteem and respect.