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Nov 28, 2014 · “Fighting Dick” was one of the three most common insults (the others being “Lying Dick” and “Mad Dick”) heaped on Talbot: it signposts his key character traits of combativeness and...
- Padraig Lenihan
- James II and Richard Talbot, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- Disarming The Protestants of Ireland
- War and ‘Glorious Revolution’
- American Legacy
The guarantee of arms for Protestants can be traced to certain actions of the last two Stuart kings of England. The covertly pro-Catholic English King Charles II, who died in 1685, and the openly Catholic James II who succeeded him, had authority through the Militia Act of 1662 to disarm “persons dangerous to the peace of the kingdom.” James II use...
Using as a justification the Argyle revoltin Scotland in 1685, he began an aggressive campaign of disbanding Protestant militia units and replacing them wholesale with Catholics. According to historian John Childs in his book “The Army, James II and the Glorious Revolution,” recruiters went to church festivals and fairs. In mid-1685, at the time of...
William landed in England with over 40,000 Dutch troops in October 1688, causing James to panic and to flee to France. William assumed the throne, with the approval of Parliament, claiming James had abdicated. William had taken power in England almost bloodlessly. In Ireland, however war ensued. With the exception of the Battle of Newtownbutler and...
Eight decades later, when several of the rebellious American colonies began to draft new state Constitutions with Bills of Rights attached, and finally with the drafting of the Bill of Rights to the federal Constitution in 1791, the wording of the right to bear arms eliminated the reference to Protestants. Debates over wording and meaning at that t...
He was, however, notoriously quick-tempered, with a habit of throwing his wig onto the ground or into the fire when angry; his reputation for duelling earned him the nickname "Fighting Dick Talbot". [6]
1 day ago · In a lengthy and uncompromising riff on Cheney, Trump seemed to insinuate that the former congresswoman would be less of a “war hawk” — as Trump referred to her — if she was in a war ...
May 5, 2010 · John Pym and John Adams may have been revolutionaries; Sir Phelim O'Neill and Swearing Dick Talbot were not.
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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon, 23 April 1879 – 5 August 1940) was an English writer of adventure fiction. Based for most of his life in the United States, he also wrote under the pseudonym of Walter Galt. Best known as the author of King of the Khyber Rifles and the Jimgrim series, much of his work was published in pulp magazines.
