A Very Rare Scots Guards Officer’s Frock Coat.

Tailored by Meyer & Mortimer.

Dated June 1974.

Has major’s crowns on epaulettes.

Has incorrect aiguillettes which a previous owner has likely added.

This Frock Coat has been worn by multiple officers, and was last worn by a major who was awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and the General Service Medal with a Mention in Despatches.

Named to Major General Sir Iain Mackay-Dick KCVO, MBE, DL.

Sir Iain’s name has been crossed out but the name is still legible.

Worn by Sir Iain when he was a lieutenant-colonel and Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards from April 1984.

He had previously served as Second-in-Command of the Battalion including during its service in the Falklands War in 1982.

Sir Iain Mackay-Dick served as Major General Commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District from 1994 to 1997.

Wear and discolouration to olivettes.

Damage to second down olivette on left side.

Unstitching to olivettes on back.

Damage and discolouration to tassels on back.

Damage to back of aiguillettes.

Moth damage in areas.

Approx. 40 Inch chest.

42.5 Inches long from base of the collar to bottom hem, at the back.

25.5 inches shoulder to cuff.

18.5 inches pit to cuff.

Sir Iain is the son of Brigadier John Mackay-Dick OBE and the former Margaret Edith Forty. He was educated at St Edmund’s School, Hindhead, and Sherborne School, Dorset.

On 30th July 1965, Sir Iain was commissioned into the Scots Guards as a second-lieutenant, from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

His many appointments and roles during his service included:

• Commanded the Bearer Party for Field-Marshal the Viscount Slim KG, at his funeral in Windsor. 22nd Dec. 1970.

• Adjutant, 1st Battalion Scots Guards. June 1971.

• Commanded the Marching Party for the funeral of HRH the Duke of Gloucester KG, Colonel of the Scots Guards. 14th June 1971.

• Adjutant, New College, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Dec. 1971.

• Brigade Major, 3rd Infantry Brigade. Oct. 1979.

• Appointed as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, “in recognition of distinguished service in Northern Ireland”. 15th December 1981.

• Second-in-Command, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards.

• General Staff Officer Grade 1, Directing Staff, Staff College, Camberley.

• Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards. April 1984

• Commandant, Junior Division Staff Course. Oct. 1986.

• Commander, 11 Armoured Brigade. Dec. 1988.

• Deputy Military Secretary (A). Feb. 1991.

• General Officer Commanding, 1st Armoured Division. Aug 1992.

• Commander, British Forces Falkland Islands. Aug. 1993.

• Major General Commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District. June 1994.

• Appointed as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order by HM Queen Elizabeth II. 15th July 1997.

Retired from the Army, 23rd August 1997.

Appointed Honorary Colonel 256 (City of London) Field Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps (Volunteers). Dec. 2000–Feb. 2007.

Commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant for Greater London, 31st March 2011.