LISTER TURK  gr. H, 1687
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AKA Lister's Grey Turk, AKA the Stradling Turk
Said to have been taken from the Turks at the seige of Buda in 1686 during the reign of James II and brought to England by the Duke of Berwick. The Duke of Berwick was the illigitimate son of King James II. Prior notes that on the Duke`s return in 1687, he was only seventeen years old, and that he "probably" brought the Turk with him.
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