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Great Britain - 1810

Lord Grenville Elected Chancellor of Oxford University

Obverse:

IN COMMEMORATION / OF THE INSTALLATION / OF LORD GRENVILLE / AS CHANCELLOR / OF THE UNIVERSITY / OF OXFORD / JULY 1810

Size:

41 mm.

Reverse:

Inscription within closed wreath TEMPLA / QUAM / DILECTA (How lovely are thy temples [Psalm 84])

Br. 41 by ?
Br. R.
AM; BM; BMAG. E.P.M. 1891/397.


William Wyndham, Baron Grenville (1759 — 1834), statesman. On the 14th December, 1809, he was elected Chancellor of the University in place of the Duke of Portland who had died the previous October. The contest was a severe one, but the division of the Tory interest secured Grenville's election. The votes recorded for Grenville being 406, Lord Eldon 393, and the Duke of Beaufort 288. Grenville was created D.C.L. by diploma on 23rd December and was installed as chancellor on July 10th 1810.
This piece is occasionally pierced for suspension.
from British Historical Medals, Volume 1, p. 170