BEAUFORT. Crested livery button of the Duke of Beaufort

A very good 23mm diameter gilt livery button of the Duke of Beaufort, showing the family crest of a portcullis beneath a ducal coronet. The button, with backmark FIRMIN & SONS LD. LONDON , probably dates from the era of the 8th Duke , or possibly his son Henry Adelbert Wellington Fitzroy Somerset  who inherited the dukedom in 1906. The Duke’s seat is Badminton House in Gloucestershire.     jan12/2   RESERVED 17th May 2024