George II gave 10 Downing Street to the government to provide a home in perpetuity for Prime Ministers and First Lords of the Treasury in 1735. At the time Robert Walpole was PM.
This ivory medal belonged to Lord Macnaghten, President of the Benevolent Society of St Patrick in 1888. His descendants, Charles and Jane Macnaghten, presented it to today’s President, Judge Patrick Clyne.