As a high political officer, he would have been expected to wear the sword with the royal coat of arms on the écusson and indeed the sword retains its sword knot which is of the distinctive Indian pattern [see the illustration 156, p 297, in B Robson: Swords of the British Army]. Perhaps he held both posts at different times.
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