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Turcopole. During the period of the Crusades, turcopoles (also "turcoples" or "turcopoli"; from the Greek: τουρκόπουλοι, literally "sons of Turks") [1] were locally recruited mounted archers and light cavalry employed by the Byzantine Empire and the Crusader states. A leader of these auxiliaries was designated as Turcopolier, a ...
W. Patrick Lang. Walter Patrick "Pat" Lang, Jr. (May 31, 1940 - April 5 , 2023) [1] was a commentator on the Middle East, a retired US Army officer and private intelligence analyst, and an author. After leaving uniformed military service as a colonel, he held high-level posts in military intelligence as a civilian.
The Turcopolier was head of the cavalries, the Master Esquire was in charge of horses, the Gonfanonier was the standard-bearer, and the Castellans(Châtelains) commanded individual castles. The functions of the officers was similar to that of the Templars. Militarization of the Order, 1140–1193
The Paveley Rudder, sculpted on the monument in Edington Priory Church to Sir Ralph Cheney (d.1401) of Broke. John Paveley (died 1371) was Grand Prior of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem from 1358 until his death in 1371. In 1360 he served as Admiral of the Fleet against the French [1] towards the end of the first ...
William Hillary. Sir William Hillary, 1st Baronet (4 January 1771 – 5 January 1847) was a British militia officer, author and philanthropist, best known as the founder, in 1824, of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution .
Turkophilia. A Turkophile or Turcophile, ( Turkish: Türksever) is a person who has a strong positive predisposition or sympathy toward the government, culture, history, or people of Turkey. [1] This could include Turkey itself and its history, the Turkish language, Turkish cuisine, and literature, or in the broader sense, the Turkic peoples in ...
Freemasonry in Malta began in 1730 when "Parfait Harmonie", the first warranted lodge, was formed under the Marseilles ( France) masonic jurisdiction. By 1741, freemasonry was established firmly in Malta. [2] Many knights of the Order of St. John, and some of the Maltese nobility, were freemasons. [3] Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca was a ...
The order was endowed by the queen with lands to the yearly value of £1436. He took his seat in the House of Lords in January, 1557–58, but sent a proxy to the first parliament of Queen Elizabeth, possibly due to illness. He died in 1559. He was buried at All Saints Church, Rushton, Northamptonshire with great pomp on 16 March 1559.