Fantastic & Rare Edwardian 11th Hussars Officers Cloak & Cape To Charles Henry George Mulholland DSO OBE, later 3rd Baron Dunleith.
Large cloak with cherry coloured velvet collar and gilded Hussars chain at the neck
Gold coloured Cavalry ball buttons.
Captains Rank pips to the shoulders.
Together with an outer shoulder cape that buttons onto the cloak and then straps around the neck.
The shoulder cape or “pelerine” is a classic officer feature intended for weather protection while riding. They are rarely found together with the cloak.
Both beautifully lined in crimson.
Note that both items together are very heavy.
The cloak is named to Hon. L H G Mulholland
Makers label in the cloak for Stohwasser & Winter of London, who were elite military tailors to the cavalry regiments.
Cloak condition - generally very good, but the velvet collar is well worn and there are a number of moth trails and a small number of small holes across it but none very serious.
The cape is in very good condition.
Charles Henry George Mulholland
Commissioned into the 11th Hussars as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1906.
Promoted Captain before or during the early stages of the First World War.
Served with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France and Belgium from 1914.
Severely wounded on 31 October 1914, during the intense fighting around Ypres.
Mentioned in Despatches for wartime service.
Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1915.
After recovering, he appears to have moved into staff work rather than returning to front-line cavalry command:
Military Secretary to John French, 1st Earl of Ypres while French was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, from 1919–1921.
Appointed OBE in the military division in the 1919 Birthday Honours while still a Captain in the 11th Hussars.
Later promoted to CBE in 1921, apparently for his Irish administrative service.
Retired from the army on medical grounds (“invalided”) in 1921.
He subsequently served as Military Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia between 1923 and 1925.
He became (3rd Baron) Lord Dunleath in 1931.
