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A double-barreled Lancaster howdah pistol with a unique spring-loaded blade is the weapon of the big-game hunter Remington in The Ghost and the Darkness. The Lancaster pistol exists as the Howdah Pistol in the 2016 video game Battlefield 1. The Lancaster pistol appears in the 2024 video game Nightingale by Inflexion Games.
Double-barrel .50 caliber (13mm) howdah pistol made in Germany Breech of the same pistol open for loading. This particular weapon was made for a left-handed user. The howdah pistol was a large-calibre handgun, often with two or four barrels, used in Africa and India from the beginning of the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century during the British Empire era.
Lancaster was the eldest son of Charles Lancaster, gunmaker, of 151 New Bond Street, London.He was born at 5 York Street, Portman Square, London, on 24 June 1820.On leaving school he entered his father's factory, where he practically learnt the business of a gunmaker and soon became a clever designer of models, a thoroughly skilled workman, and a mechanician of high order.
The back cover has an image of Lancaster without clothing that she saw at the Museum of Modern Art; she received permission to use the photograph from the family of Lancaster, and she selected it a she felt it was thematically relevant to her book. Citing a need for privacy, the children of Lancaster did not collaborate in making the book. [6]
He carried the Golden Howdah for a record 18 years consecutive years between 1981 and 1997, before being electrocuted while grazing in 1998. [2] Of all the carrier elephants since the 20th-century, he is considered the best "because he possessed an excellent ability to learn and correct himself".
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There are other sources that cite 1814; her death certificate and obituarites posted in Lancaster and Washington D.C. list 1815. [1] She had been the wife of a Black Gettysburg barber, Jacob Smith, but they were living apart when she was employed by Stevens as a housekeeper (in 1844 [ 1 ] or 1847 [ 2 ] ).
On 4 March 1322 Holland was ordered to join the king with horses and men to defend against Lancaster's rebellion. Twelve days later Holland betrayed the king and fought alongside Lancaster at the Battle of Boroughbridge. [1] [non-primary source needed] After their defeat, Holland surrendered and was imprisoned and had his lands confiscated.