James Grant, 4th of Ballindalloch (1720–1806) was a British Army officer who served as a major general during the American War of Independence. He served...

Lyall Grant (1915–2020), British Army major general James Grant (British Army officer, born 1720) (died 1806), British Army major general in the American...

Grant (British Army officer) (1848–1919), Governor of Malta from 1907 to 1909 James Grant (British Army officer, born 1720) (1720–1806), Governor of East...

(British Army officer, born 1720) (1720–1806), British general in Revolutionary War James Grant (navigator) (1772–1833), British naval officer, Australian...

with a combined British and South Carolina force commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Grant (British Army officer, born 1720). Grant's force destroyed...

general officer rank or the rank of brigadier (together now recognized as starred officers) in the British Army, Royal Marines, British Indian Army or other...

September 1720 – 1 August 1796) was a British Army officer during the American Revolutionary War. Robert Pigot was born in London, England in 1720. His two...

Lieutenant-General Sir James Campbell, KB (c. 1680 – 11 May 1745) was a Scottish military officer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons...

Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, but he was twice compelled to resign. He was twice the Senior Officer of the U.S. Army, appointed...

last day in the post. Army officers occupying the post of Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of all the British Armed Forces, were usually...

Andrew Lewis (October 9, 1720 – September 26, 1781) was an Irish-born American surveyor, military officer and politician. Born in County Donegal, he moved...

This article is a summary of the major literary events and publications of 1720. September–October – The "South Sea Bubble", i.e. the collapse of the South...

generals in the British Army since the Acts of Union 1707. The rank of general (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the...

majority of the officers in the army. James died aged 67 of a brain haemorrhage on 16 September 1701 at Saint-Germain-en-Laye. James's heart was placed...

Baronet, British Army general (d. 1860) Robert Emmet, Irish rebel (d. 1803) Florestano Pepe, Italian general (d. 1851) March 6 Francis Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl...

Small (died 1796), British Army officer and Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey Dr John Small (1823–1879), British Deputy Surgeon General James Dunlop Smith (1858–1921)...

Lieutenant-General James Douglas (1645–1691), younger brother of the Duke of Queensberry, was a Scottish military officer, who served as MP for Peeblesshire...

expenditure above 50 thalers (between 12 and 13 British pounds), and the appointment of all army officers, all ministers, and even government officials...

lease over the 45 acres of Pall Mall (St James's) Field held by Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans, to 1720 and soon afterwards the earl began to lay...

Lieutenant-General Thomas Howard (1684 – 31 March 1753) was an officer of the British Army and the ancestor of the family of the present Earls of Effingham...

to receive a heavenly one.": 63  — James Gardiner, British Army officer (21 September 1745), to a Jacobite officer after being mortally wounded at the...

the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in...

died out in the male line on the death of General Thomas III Erle (1650–1720) without male progeny. His daughter and sole heiress Frances Erle (d.1728)...

Colonel Alexander John Montgomery (1720 – 29 September 1800) was an Irish politician. He was born in 1720, the eldest son of Thomas Montgomery, M.P. for...

film actor Tania Major (born 1981), Australian Aboriginal activist Thomas Major (1720–1799), English engraver Veronika Major (born 1997), Hungarian sports...

Casimir Stuart (31 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart making him the grandson of James VII and II, and the Stuart...

16th Earl of Sutherland KT PC (1661–1733) was a Scottish nobleman and army officer. He was the only son of George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland (1633–1703)...

also argued that through the expansion of the British Empire and British mercantile influence, Britain would be able to "increase commerce at home" through...

Whitmore (British Army officer), British general (b. 1714) July 30 – Thomas Gray, English writer (b. 1716) September 13 – John Gambold, British bishop (b...

George Preston (c. 1659 – 1748) was a Scottish army officer, known for his involvement in the Jacobite risings. He was the second son of George Preston...