https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76903 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:26:34 GMT 2026-06-24T07:26:34Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76992 Title: The PSM magazine : no. 26(1) : August 1997 Editors: Bonnici, Alfred Abstract: Table of contents: 1/ BONNICI, A. - Ferdinand Von Hompesch (1797-1798) : part 2. Fri, 01 Aug 1997 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76992 1997-08-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76991 Title: Ferdinand Von Hompesch (1797-1798) : part 2 Abstract: On the 17th July, 1797, Bailiff Ferdinand von Hompesch (1797-1798) aged 53 years was unaimously elected, as the 28th Grandmaster for Malta and the 72nd Grandmaster of the Order. On the same day that Ferdinand von Hompesch became Grand Master he began informing the European Heads of State that were friends of the Order about his election to the Grand Mastership - and continued doing so up to the 3rd August 1797. [excerpt] Fri, 01 Aug 1997 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76991 1997-08-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76920 Title: The PSM magazine : no. 26(1) : April 1997 Editors: Bonnici, Alfred Abstract: Table of contents: 1/ FARRUGIA, J. - Maltese cities 1797-1997 issue : Citta Hompesch, Citta Ferdinand, Citta Beland -- 2/ Richard J. Caruana, stamp designer -- 3/ BONNICI, A. - Ferdinand Von Hompesch (1797-1798). Tue, 01 Apr 1997 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76920 1997-04-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76919 Title: Ferdinand Von Hompesch (1797-1798) Abstract: The election of Bailiff Ferdinand Von Hompesch (1797 -1798) took place on the 17th July 1797, after the death of Grand Master Emanuel de Rohan Polduc (1775- 1797) who died on the 13th July, 1797 at 10.30pm after suffering a paralytic stroke. When G. M. E. de Rohan Polduc became Grand Master on the 12th November 1775, Bailiff Ferdinand von Hompesch was amongst the candidates contesting that election. G. M. E. de Rohan Polduc held Bailiff Hompesch in very high esteem, and had hinted several times to his colleagues that Bailiff Hompesch would be an ideal successor. [excerpt] Tue, 01 Apr 1997 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76919 1997-04-01T00:00:00Z