A post-War K.B.E., C.B., Order of St. John group of thirteen awarded to Surgeon Vice-Admiral...

A post-War K.B.E., C.B., Order of St. John group of thirteen awarded to Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir K. Alexander Ingleby-Mackenzie, Royal Navy, who served as Medical Director-General of the Royal Navy and later Assistant Managing Director of the brewers Arthur Guinness The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Military) Knight Commander’s 2nd type set of Insignia, comprising neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; and reast Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace's set of Insignia, comprising neck Badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; and breast Star, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. K. A. I. Mackenzie. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, the last ten mounted for wear, traces of adhesive to reverse of the C.B., generally good very fine (15) £3,000-£4,000 --- K.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1953. C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1951. Order of St John, Knight of Grace London Gazette 1 January 1957. Sir (Kenneth) Alexander Ingleby-Mackenzie was born on 19 August 1892 and was educated at Repton and Trinity College, Oxford. He completed his medical training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he was awarded the Willett Medal for Operative Surgery in 1916. He joined the Royal Navy Medical Service that same year and served in the Grand Fleet during the Great War from 1916 to 1918. During the Second World War he served as Fleet Medical Officer in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Far East Fleets, being promoted to Surgeon Captain in 1942. He was Senior Medical Officer, Medical Section, R.N. Hospital, Haslar, from 1944-47, and Medical Officer-in-Charge of the R.N. Hospital at Chatham from 1948-52. He was appointed Honorary Physician to the King, and promoted to Surgeon Rear-Admiral in 1948, and to Surgeon Vice-Admiral in 1952. He held the appointment as Honorary Physician to the Queen, and as Medical Director-General of the Navy, from 1952 until his retirement from the Navy in 1956. After his retirement from the Royal Navy Ingleby-Mackenzie was appointed Assistant Managing Director of the brewing company Arthur Guinness, Son & Co. Ltd. in 1956, and held that position until his death on 17 January 1961. A keen sportsman, he had played hockey for the Royal Navy, and was a member of both the Marylebone Cricket Club and the All England Lawn Tennis Club. His son, Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie, was a first-class cricketer who captained Hampshire to the County Championship in 1961, and was later President of the M.C.C. Sold with copied research.