A silver octagonal pedestal punch bowl by The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd, Sheffield 1923, with moulded rims and twin lion mask ring handles, presentation engraved To George Bambridge on his marriage from H. M. Embassy at Madrid Oct. 1924, 28cm (11in) diameter, 1515g (48.7 oz) George Louis St Clair Bambridge, MC (1892-1943) was a British diplomat. His wife, Elsie (née Kipling), was the daughter of the author Rudyard Kipling. His father, George Frederick Bambridge, was the private secretary of Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh (Queen Victoria’s second son), later the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: an appointment most likely obtained through his father William’s post as photographer to Queen Victoria and her family. After the Great War, where he received the Military Cross, he served with His Majesty's Diplomatic Service as an honorary attaché in the embassies in Madrid, August 1922 until he resigned July 1924; Brussels, October 1924; Madrid, December 1925 to 1928 and then Paris, June 1929 until 1932.