KNIGHT OF ST. JOHN.
The cable tells lis that Lord Islington lias 'been promoted to the position of Knight of Justice of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. The original Order of St. John of Jerusalem originated ' about 1048 'A. D., in a 'hospital, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, which some merchants of Amalfi built at Jerusalem for the care and cure of pilgrims to the Holy Sepulchre. In England the property of tihe old Order, was confiscated in the first year of Elizabeth's reign,-and the Order itself was dissolved and declared to be illegal by Henry VIII. in 1641. It was resuscitated, however, in 1827. Its efforts are purely philanthropic; it'distributes- charity to convalescents who have just left hospital, maintains cottage hospitals, and convalescent homes in the country, and/aii ophthalmic .hospital at Jerusalem. It (founded the street amlbuiance. system, and . was chiefly concerned in the origination of the Bed Cross Society.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10230, 12 June 1911, Page 4
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154KNIGHT OF ST. JOHN. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10230, 12 June 1911, Page 4
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