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The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners Records in the Tower of London, on his death he was succeeded by Thomas Astle (1735 – 1803) 44 Henry and Margaret had 6 sons and three daughters. Their second son, Henry II., was born in 1749 in London, and educated at Tonbridge Public School, Trinity College, Cambridge and the Inns of Court. He then joined a Dragoons regiment, reaching the rank of major before transferring to the 100th Regiment of Foot. After leaving the army he travelled widely and was the author of two books. His love of ancient Greek history and mythology drew him to Greece and Cyprus 45 , where he died in 1814 46 while staying at a Greek Orthodox monastery in the small village of Omodhos 47 . The Gentleman’s Magazine reported that In the island of Cyprus Lt Col Rooke formerly Major in the 100 th Foot with the brevet rank of Lt Col. For his services at the siege of Ancona in 1799 as a volunteer acting with the Russian Army he had the order of St Anne of the Second Class 48 conferred on him by the Emperor of Russia 49 44 http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=3638&inst_id=13 45 Zavallis L. pers. comm.. 2003 Mr Zavallis has made a study of Lt Col Rooke and I gratefully acknowledge his kindness in allowing me to reproduce the results of his research 46 Gentleman’s Magazine (1814) vol 84 pt 2 p408 (not p407 as shown in the Index of People and Places) July 7 th 1814 47 in the foothills of the Troodos mountains in the SE of the island 48 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_St._Anna [accessed 6 April 09] Initially, the order had but one class and was named the "Order of Anna". The statutes of the Order promulgated in 1735 established as the principal insigne a gilt and red-enamelled cross, with an image of Saint Ann imposed upon the center of the cross; the reverse bore the initials "A.I.P.F." (for "Anna Imperatoris Petri Filia": "Anna, Emperor Peter's daughter" in Latin). The same letters also abbreviate the Latin motto (as the letter "J" did not exist in Latin, "Iustitiam" was the original spelling of the word now rendered "Justitiam"). 17
The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners Fig 4 Order of St Ann 2 nd Class with Crossed Swords 50 * Henry Rooke published an account of this campaign in 1800 51 . This announcement may have been used for the memorial inscription that is to be found on his gravestone 52 , which was sent from England by his brother William can still be seen today 53 . In 1742, Karl Peter Ulrich, Duke Karl Friedrich's son, was declared the Russian heir apparent. After arriving in Russia, he presented the Order to several courtiers. On 15 April 1797, his own son, Emperor Paul I of Russia, established the Order as part of the Imperial Russian system of honours and divided it into three classes, renaming it the "Order of Saint Anna". Emperor Alexander I added a fourth class in 1815. [It would seem likely that it was awarded “with swords” as these were added for military gallantry and that is what is shown in Fig 3. Auth.] 49 Gentleman’s Magazine (1814) vol 84 pt 2 p408 50 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_St._Anna 51 Rooke G (1800) Account of the Expedition of Ancona Undertaken by a Russian and Turkish armament 1799 British Library Gen. Ref. Coll. 9073.b.10 18
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