JOHN PECK & SON 7 NELSON SQUARE BLACKFRIARS Mfrs. to HM STATy. OFFICE
A George V Red Morocco Leather Clad Despatch Box C1920, the bevelled top with a central recessed handle, and inscribed with the royal insignia of George V and the initials S.P.W. of Sydney Perivale Waterlow*, the original owner. The black leather lined interior comprises raised sides and stabilising studs. The lock stamped Bramah London is in good working order with its original key.
Dimensions
41 x 28 x 11 cm
From Wikipedia
*Sir Sydney Philip Perigal Waterlow KCMG CBE (22 October 1878, New Barnet – 4 December 1944, Oare, Wiltshire) was a British diplomat, Ambassador to Greece from 1933 to 1939.
Waterlow joined the Diplomatic Service in 1900. From 1900 to 1901 he served in the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office. He was an Attaché in Washington in 1901, and Third Secretary from 1902 to 1905. Resigning from the Foreign Office, Waterlow left the Foreign Office to become a University extension lecturer until the outbreak of World War I, when he returned to the FO. He rose to be Acting First Secretary in 1919, and participated in the Paris Peace Conference. From 1922 to 1924 he was Director of the Foreign division of the Department of Overseas Trade, and from 1924 to 1926 he was a Counsellor in the Foreign Office. He was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Bangkok from 1924 to 1926, in Addis from 1928 to 1929, in Sofia from 1929 to 1933, and in Athens from 1933 to 1939.
Waterlow was also an author, editor and translator of several literary and classical works. In 1920 he was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and in 1935 appointed as a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Waterlow was also appointed to the Legion of Honour. He died 4 December 1944 at Oare near Marlborough.
