A fine collection of 5 pewter, glass-bottomed tankard trophies awarded to Arthur Hugh Sartoris (1875-1937) of Eton College and Rushden Hall, Northampt

A fine collection of 5 pewter, glass-bottomed tankard trophies awarded to Arthur Hugh Sartoris (1875-1937) of Eton College and Rushden Hall, Northampton, a quart capacity tankard and four 1/2 pint tankards, the large tankard engraved, A. H. Sartoris WINNER OF HOUSE FIVES SWEEPSTAKES WITH A. THURSBY PELHAM ETON 1892, The smaller tankards were awarded to Sartoris between 1890 and 1892 for his various successes at running, the steeplechase and the long jump, all manufactured by James Edwards of Clerkenwell Road, London Arthur Sartoris was President of the Rushden Conservative Association and took a prominent interest in the Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, of which he was a vice-president and a frequent member of the Club and Ground teams. Mr. Sartoris, was adept with the rod and gun, formerly held a commission in the Northants Regiment and served with the 3rd Battalion in the South African War. The last family to occupy Rushden Hall as a home were the Sartoris in about 1840, Arthur Hugh Sartoris inherited the Estate, selling the property in 1929. It is now a huge conferencing centre. Reverend Arthur Harvey Thursby Pelham (1874-1956) graduated from Merton College Oxford.