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A dark rowing blade decorated with painted text, three heraldic shields, and the names C.J.M. Adie and R.H. Sanderson from 1900.

Robert Royston blade (Museum of Cambridge)

Lowe Double Sculls blade, 1900, painted by Robert Royston

History of the Lowe Double Sculls blade

Information  about Robert Richard  Royston (1828 – 1909) has been researched by Douglas Dashwood-Howard in a monograph published in 2022.

This is the Lowe Double Sculls blade, 1900:

Close-up of a heraldic shield with the name ROYSTON painted in light lettering underneath on a dark background.

Robert Royston signature on Lowe blade (Museum of Cambridge)

A painted crest showing a golden lion on a red shield, beside gold lettering on a dark grey, wood-textured background.

Blade decorated by Robert Royston (Museum of Cambridge)

A brief synopsis of the places Robert Richard Royston lived at:

11/11/1828 born Magdalene Street

26/4/1829 baptism St Peter’s Church

1841 & 1851: family at 25/26 Bridge Street

1851 Robert Richard Royston at 7 Pembroke Street

1861 & 1871: 27 Jesus Lane

1881 10 King Street

1891 & 1901: Midsummer House, Midsummer Common

D Dashwood-Howard monograph:

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