John McCarthy (journalist)
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John Patrick McCarthy, is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster, and one of the hostages in the Lebanon hostage crisis. McCarthy was the longest-held British hostage in Lebanon, having been imp
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Bluemantle Pursuivant
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Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms of the College of Arms in London.
John McCarthy (journalist)
…bar (now an ice cream parlour) after him. Appointed CBE in the 1992 New Year Honours List, his twin younger brother, Terence David McCarthy, served as Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms. The set of Series 1 of Drop the Dead Donkey, first aired in 1990, included a copy of a "Wanted" poster with McCarthy's photograph released during the…
Bluemantle Pursuivant Richard Graham-Vivian, part of a 1937 series of cigarette cards marking the Coronation of George VI.