Fine English 18K gold quarter repeating cylinder watch Circa 1810

A fine English 18 carat gold key wind open faced quarter repeating pocket watch, circa 1810. Gilt movement with cylinder escapement, three arm balance with compensation curb, diamond end stone, two polished steel hammers striking on two gongs. Repeating activated by a pull-and-twist piston in the pendant.
Guilloche engraved gilt dial with black Roman numerals to brushed surround, offset subsidiary seconds at 3 o’clock, blued steel Breguet style hands.
Engine turned hinged round gold case. Signed movement, case stamped N.
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Diameter: 47 mm
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Signed: Thomas Hamlet, Princes Street, Leicester Square
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Inclusive fitted original box with M of L monogram and coronet.
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The accompanying box is monogrammed M of L in relation to the Marjoribanks family of Lees near Coldstream in the Scottish borders. The Hon Alicia Marjoribanks was the youngest daughter of David Robertson MP (of Ladykirk) and married Sir Henry Day Ingilby of Ripley Castle and Harrington Hall (Lincs) on 26th June 1862. Her father was the Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire and his portrait can still be found at Ripley. Alicias uncle Edward Robertson was appointed as a partner of Coutts Bank by Thomas Coutts in 1797. He remained partner until his death in 1836 and similarly a portrait of him also hangs at Ripley, presently in the dining room.
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Alicia and Henry had two children, Henry and Mary: tragically in the space of just 14 months in 1872/3 both children died of meningitis aged four and nine respectively. Shortly after this Alicias father was run over by a horse drawn bus just 7 days after being ennobled as Lord Marjoribanks of Lees. The M or L on this original box is thus very unique as it was commissioned just before his untimely passing which also saw the extinction of the title.