ENGLISH SCHOOL CAPTAIN BRIDGES JOHN HOOKE OF THE 34TH REGIMENT bust length in uniform

ENGLISH SCHOOL CAPTAIN BRIDGES JOHN HOOKE OF THE 34TH REGIMENT bust length in uniform, ivory, 145 x 100mm, with engraved silver tablet "Lieutenant Bridges John Hooke 34th Regiment from a miniature dated about 1824 in possession of his son Colonel Hodson Hooke late commanding 45th Regiment District" and on another "Presented to the Officers Mess 1st Border Regiment by Lieutenant Colonel A E St V Pollard", mounted in velvet surround and varnished oak frameBridges John Hooke was born at Godmanchester in 1801, the son of Bridges David Hooke, Captain, Royal Artillery (1764-1831) and his wife Mary Anne, nee Hodson. B J Hooke married Frances Margaret Bourne (1809-1880) and died at Dublin in 1864. In 1828 Lieutenant Hooke was advanced to the rank of Captain, by purchase.