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unusual facts about pall-bearer



1952 Winter Olympics torch relay

On arrival at the Marathon Gate of the Stadium he passed the torch to the final torch-bearer, Eigil Nansen, grandson of explorer, winter event champion and Nobel Peace Prize-winning diplomat Fridtjof Nansen.

Adalbert I, Duke of Teck

When his brother Berthold IV died in 1186, he inherited the family possessions in the foothills of the Swabian Jura, including Teck Castle and the office of Cup-bearer of the Abbey of St. Gall and the area on the upper Neckar that went with this office.

Aldo Ferrer

His turn as chief economist for Argentina's largest province (home to over a third of the population) gave Ferrer national stature, though it also left him out of the halls of power after the UCRI's standard-bearer, President Arturo Frondizi, was forced to resign by conservative opponents in 1962.

Amalaric

King Theoderic of the Ostrogoths sent an army, led by his sword-bearer Theudis, against Gesalec, ostensibly on behalf of Amalaric; Gesalec fled to Africa, and the Ostrogoths drove back the Franks and their Burgundian allies, regaining possession of "the south of Novempopulana, Rodez, probably even Albi, and even Toulose".

Angels of the Universe

The story is based on Einar Már Guðmundsson's novel of the same name, a semi-fictional story about Einar's brother Pálmi Örn Guðmundsson (named Páll in the book and movie).

Armour-Bearer

It appeared, however, that the holder had been summoned to perform the office in 1876 during the state visit to Scotland of Queen Victoria and he was in attendance for the visit of King George V in 1911.

Artūrs Irbe

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Irbe was Latvia's flag-bearer in the opening ceremonies.

Bearer of the Royal Banner

The Bearer of the Royal Banner is one of the Great Officers of the Royal Household in Scotland.

Bec-de-Mortagne

Bec-de-Mortagne in the Pays de Caux is thought to be the birth-place of Turstin FitzRolf, standard bearer to William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, as he was described by the 12th-century chronicler Orderic Vitalis as from "Bec-en-Caux".

Carpinus betulus

The leaves provide food for some animals, including Lepidoptera such as the case-bearer moth Coleophora anatipennella.

Coat of arms of Belize

Within the circle is a mahogany tree, in front of which is a shield tierced per pall inverted.

Cup-bearer

:This article is adapted from an article in the 1915 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, which is now in the public domain

David Matthews

Sir David Mathew (c. 1400–1484), Welsh knight and English Standard Bearer

David Pall

David Boris Pall (2 April 1914 – 21 September 2004), founder of Pall Corporation, was the chemist who invented the Pall filter used in blood transfusions.

Edward Tyas Cook

Launched with the help of Liberal publisher George Newnes and employing the core of the old political staff from the Pall Mall Gazette, the paper quickly established itself in the front rank of Liberal publications, earning the respect and admiration of the Liberal prime minister Lord Rosebery.

Cook's tenure as editor of the Pall Mall Gazette was cut short when he was obliged to resign along with the rest of the political staff after the paper was sold to W. W. Astor, who changed its politics to support Tory positions.

Elliott Liu

Upon graduating from The Bishop's School in 2008, he was a Standard-bearer for Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate at the 2008 U.S. Open, witnessing Woods' most recent Major Championship victory.

Eshaq Khan Qaraei-Torbati

Consequently, Eshaq was granted the position of Yessawul (mace bearer) to the chief and used this position to convince the chief of a need for a caravansarai in the then small village of Zaveh.

Frederick Higginbottom

In 1909, Higginbottom was named editor of the Pall Mall Gazette by its owner, William Waldorf Astor.

Gilla Aenghus Ua Chlúmháin

A later bearer of the name, who died in 1438, is listed as O'Clumain, Chief Poet to O'Hara, a Chief of the Name in County Sligo.

Gunga Din

The poem is a rhyming narrative from the point of view of an English soldier in India, about an Indian water-bearer (a "Bhishti") who saves the soldier's life but is soon shot and killed.

Haiti at the 2012 Summer Olympics

21-year old judoka Linouse Desravine, however, was Haiti's lone homegrown athlete, who later became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Indian poetry in English

A significant and torch-bearer poet is Nissim Ezekiel and the significant poets of the post-Derozio and pre-Ezekiel times are Toru Dutt, Sarojini Naidu, Rabindranath Tagore and Sri Aurobindo.

Jacques de la Brosse

Jacques de la Brosse, (c. 1485 - 1562), cupbearer to the king, was a sixteenth-century French soldier and diplomat.

John Alfred Spender

Spender gladly accepted, only to be let go a month later when the Pall Mall Gazette was sold to William Waldorf Astor, who changed its party allegiance to the Unionists.

Laos at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Sprinter Kilakone Siphonexay was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Lesotho at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Marathon runner Mamorallo Tjoka, who competed at her second Olympics as the oldest member of the team, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Macedonia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Marko Blaževski, medley swimmer and finance student at the Wingate University in North Carolina, was appointed by the Macedonian Olympic Committee to be the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Malawi at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Marathon runner Mike Tebulo was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Manx pound

The front of all Manx banknotes have a pledge to honour the banknotes (the "promise to pay the bearer on demand") in the name of the Isle of Man Government, and feature images of the Lord of Mann Queen Elizabeth II (not wearing a crown) and the triskelion (three legs emblem) and motto.

Mercia MacDermott

An honorary citizen of Karlovo and Blagoevgrad, she is also the bearer of a number of Bulgarian state decorations.

Oman at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Double trap shooter Ahmed Al-Hatmi was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Páll Klettskarð

Páll Klettskarð (born 17 May 1990) is Faroese striker playing for KÍ Klaksvík and the Faroe Islands national team.

Patrick Denis O'Donnell

Patrick Denis O'Donnell died in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, after a long illness, and his remains were interred in Glasnevin Cemetery, following a funeral with military honours and a pall-bearer party from the 5th Infantry Battalion, whose insignia he designed, and in the presence of the Chief of Staff, Lt. General James Sreenan, and accompanied by surviving family members, relatives and friends.

Pavle Orlović

There exists documents in the archive of Dubrovnik which mention that Kosovo hero and barjaktar (flag bearer) Pavle Orlović lived below the sheer mount of Orlin in the end of a village below which the neighbouring village of Čarađe lied.

Princess Haya bint Al Hussein

Princess Haya participated in the 2002 FEI World Equestrian Games in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia representing Jordan in show jumping, where she was also her country’s flag bearer.

Pulmonaria

These include the case-bearer Coleophora pulmonariella which feeds exclusively on P. saccharata, and the moth Ethmia pusiella which has been recorded on P. offininale.

Richard Henderson

Richard Alexander Henderson, First World War stretcher-bearer at Gallipoli and the Somme

Roscoe Rowe

Among the honorary pall-bearers were Gov. Theodore R. McKeldin, Vice Admiral Harry W. Hill, superintendent of the Naval Academy, and Senator Louis N. Phipps.

Sadissou Bako

The ex-Tonnerre striker who is on break in Yaounde he cited François Omam-Biyik as his mentor insinuating that his dream is to one day put on the national colours and defend his beloved fatherland as his standard-bearer did.

Skull Bearers

Kapalika means "Bearer of the Skull bowl" in Hindu culture

Suriname at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Freestyle swimmer Chinyere Pigot, an accounting student at the University of Connecticut, was Suriname's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

The Amber Spyglass

In Cittàgazze, two angels, Balthamos and Baruch, tell Will, the bearer of the Subtle Knife, that they are taking him to Lord Asriel.

The Gambia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Qualified sprinter Suwaibou Sanneh, who competed at his second consecutive Olympics, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

The Heart, She Holler

"Meemaw" Virginia Dare (Judith Anna Roberts) The matriarch of Heartshe Holler, and the bearer of the curse of Heartshe, being unable to die – though Boss Hoss reveals at the end of Season 1 that the real secret curse is that she can die, through unspecified means, and if she does it will result in the destruction of Heartshe Holler.

Thy name is

The Half Man Half Biscuit song "Whiteness, Thy Name Is Meltonian" from the album This Leaden Pall.

Tilok Chand Mehroom

When he died, his pall-bearers were two Hindus, one Muslim & one Sikh, and the Dasween (ceremony performed on the 10th day after death) included recitals from the Vedas & Bhagavad Gita (Hindu), the Qura'an (Muslim) and Sukhmani Sahib (Sikh).

Vojvodina parliamentary election, 2008

Bearer of the list is Zoran Lončar, minister of education in former government, and the president of the Provincial council of DSS.


see also

Peter Hodge

He was held in such high esteem by both the club and the players at Leicester that six of his players past and present: Arthur Chandler, Adam Black, Hugh Adcock, Arthur Lochhead, Jim McLaren and Roger Heywood were pall-bearers at his funeral.