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Regent colours

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Subject: Regent colours
From: Peter Shute <>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 13:38:16 +1000
Good theory, but it doesn't explain the naming of Regent Parrot very well.

Peter Shute

> -----Original Message-----
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>  On Behalf Of Russ Lamb
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> To: Peter Marsh; Stephen Ambrose; 'Shirley Cook'; 'birding-aus'
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Regent colours
>
> Peter,
>          My understanding is that when an English monarch
> died and his/her successor was a child (ie a minor too young
> to rule in his/her own right), a regent was appointed (?by
> Parliament,?House of Lords) to make decisions usually made by
> a monarch. To distinguish the regent from all the other
> lords, nobles, hangers-on in the royal court he exclusively
> wore garments of black and gold. So the combination of those
> two colours created the association with the word "regent".
>
> Russ Lamb, Maleny,SEQ



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