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Re: Are Doubles just for DG?
21/01/06 09:02 AM

Curl:

I remembered something.

Let's see. Major Lord Charles George Francis Mercer Nairne Petty-FitzMaurice. I'm not sure what the Brits would do with such a name in normal use. Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill used Winston S. Churchill. I think Lord Charles just used FitzMaurice instead of Petty-FitzMaurice. Lord Charles Petty-FitzMaurice was King George V's equerry 1910-1914. After his coronation in England in 1911, King George made a state visit to India for the purpose of being crowned Emperor of India in Delhi that December, the first British monarch to do so. The King's equerry would have accompanied him on such a state visit - an equerry is the king's personal assistant and that is what they do. Among the shipboard entourage photographed with King George enroute to India for that visit is a man styled "Lord Charles FitzMaurice". Has to be the same guy.

The featured entertainment for this trip was a tiger hunt in Nepal with the Maharaja of Nepal. There's a photo album from this hunt on the web (which is what I remembered). From other reading, I know that KGV was very fond of .280 Flanged doubles. Perhaps Lord Charles used one on this trip and decided to get one for himself when he got home?

Interesting that the photo album of the hunt seems to have come through the Maharaja of Ratlam. The little Evans mentioned earlier was originally shipped to him. I was googleing him when I found the link to the album.
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Are Doubles just for DG?	mickey	20/01/06 09:50 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	mehulkamdar	21/01/06 10:56 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	mickey	21/01/06 11:22 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	mehulkamdar	21/01/06 05:23 PM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	mickey	21/01/06 05:26 PM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	500Nitro	21/01/06 03:58 PM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	mickey	21/01/06 05:05 PM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	DUGABOY1	21/01/06 07:00 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	Rusty	21/01/06 12:59 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	foxfire	21/01/06 01:32 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	400NitroExpress	21/01/06 12:45 AM
About the large bore guns...	tinker	21/01/06 01:45 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	CptCurl	21/01/06 01:36 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	400NitroExpress	21/01/06 05:47 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	clark7781	21/01/06 05:57 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	400NitroExpress	21/01/06 09:02 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	CptCurl	23/01/06 10:23 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	clark7781	23/01/06 12:24 PM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	400NitroExpress	23/01/06 12:41 PM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	CptCurl	24/01/06 12:36 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	clark7781	24/01/06 12:48 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	NitroX	24/01/06 05:22 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	clark7781	24/01/06 07:11 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	NitroX	24/01/06 04:43 PM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	500Nitro	24/01/06 05:03 PM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	k80	24/01/06 11:49 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	mickey	24/01/06 01:39 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	NitroX	24/01/06 05:25 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	mickey	25/01/06 01:09 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	NitroX	27/12/06 11:48 PM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	400NitroExpress	24/01/06 01:04 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	clark7781	21/01/06 02:13 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	CptCurl	21/01/06 02:30 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	400NitroExpress	21/01/06 04:55 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	CptCurl	21/01/06 06:06 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	400NitroExpress	21/01/06 06:22 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	CptCurl	21/01/06 06:32 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	400NitroExpress	21/01/06 06:50 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	CptCurl	21/01/06 08:34 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	400NitroExpress	21/01/06 09:45 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	clark7781	21/01/06 06:09 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	CptCurl	21/01/06 06:17 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	500Nitro	21/01/06 04:34 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	NitroX	21/01/06 02:20 PM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	500Nitro	21/01/06 02:51 PM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	500Nitro	21/01/06 03:02 PM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	mickey	21/01/06 03:20 PM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	NitroX	21/01/06 04:06 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	400NitroExpress	21/01/06 02:11 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	CptCurl	20/01/06 11:10 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	375Brno	20/01/06 11:16 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	mickey	20/01/06 11:29 AM
Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	tinker	20/01/06 12:58 PM
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Re: Are Doubles just for DG?	iwantadouble	20/01/06 02:58 PM
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