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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77021| Title: | Captain Alexander Ball as Knight of Malta : some authographs |
| Authors: | Bonello, Giovanni |
| Keywords: | Ball, Alexander John, Sir, 1756?-1809 -- Correspondence Ball, Alexander John, Sir, 1756?-1809 -- Autographs Letters -- History and criticism Malta -- History -- British occupation, 1800-1964 |
| Issue Date: | 1995-04 |
| Publisher: | Malta Philatelic Society |
| Citation: | Bonello, G. (1995). Captain Alexander Ball as Knight of Malta : some authographs. The PSM magazine, 24(1), 3-13. |
| Abstract: | Few who are not professional historians seem to know that Captain Alexander Ball, one of the king-pins in the scheme to oust the Order of St John permanently from Malta, was himself a Knight of the Order. Ball's Maltese knighthood came about through the personal intercession of Lord Nelson, who brought pressure to bear on Paul I, the insane Czar of Russia, to bestow that signal honour on his mistress Lady Hamilton and on his trusted envoy in Malta, Captain Ball. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77021 |
| Appears in Collections: | JMPS - 1995 - 24(1) |
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