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The Loyal Orange Institution, commonly known as the Orange Order, is an international Protestant fraternal order based in Northern Ireland and primarily associated with Ulster Protestants. It also has lodges in England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland, as well as in parts of the Commonwealth of Nations and the United States. [1] [2] [3]
The Orange Order proper was founded in Loughgall in County Armagh 21 September 1795 in the aftermath of this Battle of the Diamond. [19] Many of the Orange Order's terms and language are derived from Freemasonry (e.g. lodge, grand master, [17] and degrees.) The two movements have since grown apart; today the highest bodies in Freemasonry ...
The Grand Orange Lodge of British America, more commonly known as the Grand Orange Lodge of Canada or simply Orange Order in Canada, is the Canadian branch of the Orange Order, a Protestant fraternal organization that began in County Armagh in Ireland in 1795. It has played a large part in the history of Canada, with many prominent members ...
James Wilson was the founder of the Orange Institution, also known as the Orange Order. After a disturbance in Benburb on 24 June 1794, in which Protestant homes were attacked, Wilson appealed to the Freemasons, of which he was a member, [ 1 ] to organise themselves in defence of the Protestant population. The Masons refused, so an indignant ...
Patriotic societies. Political organisations based in Northern Ireland. Protestant orders and societies. Religious nationalism. Ulster loyalist organisations. William III of England. Anti-Catholic organizations. Hidden categories: Commons category link from Wikidata.
Orange flag with a cross of St George in canton defaced with a purple star. The flag of the Orange Order, also known as the Boyne Standard, [1] or the Orange Standard, [2] is the flag used by a Northern Irish Protestant fraternal organisation, the Orange Order. The flag consists of an orange background with a purple star and a Saint George's ...
Robert Lindsay Crawford. Irish Protestant, Magheramorne Manifesto. Robert Lindsay Crawford (Lindsay Crawford) (1868–1945) was an Irish Protestant politician and journalist who shifted in his loyalties from Unionism and the Orange Order to the Irish Free State. He was a co-founder of the Independent Orange Order through which he hoped to ...
7 September 1864. Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Political party. Tory. Occupation. Journalist, politician. Known for. First Jewish person elected to a Canadian parliament. George Benjamin (15 April 1799 – 7 September 1864), born Moses Cohen, was an Orangeman and political figure in Upper Canada .