Lieutenant-General Sir John Hope GCH (15 July 1765 – August 1836) was a Scottish officer of the British Army who was a commander under the Duke of Wellington...
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Hope (British Army officer, born 1765) (1765–1836), British Army general Sir John Hope, 11th Baronet (1781–1853), MP for Midlothian, 1845–1853 John Hope...
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1814 to 1816, was a Scottish politician and British Army officer. Hopetoun was the only son of John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun, by his second wife Jane...
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British Army general James Archibald Hope (1786–1871), British Army general John Hope (British Army officer, born 1765) (1765–1836), British Army lieutenant...
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resources about Robert Rogers (British Army officer) Resources in your library Resources in other libraries Cuneo, John R. (1958). "The early days of the...
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Masham John Hill (British Army officer) (fl. 1777–1783), British Army officer during the American War of Independence John Hill (Royal Navy officer) (c....
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The Stamp Act 1765, also known as the Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 (5 Geo. 3. c. 12), was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed...
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General Sir Henry Clinton, KB (16 April 1730 – 23 December 1795) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1772 and 1795...
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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...
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Lieutenant General Sir William Draper KB (1721 – 8 January 1787), was a British Army officer and cricketeer who led the expedition which captured Manila in 1762...
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Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (category 1765 deaths)
Cumberland (15 April 1721 [N.S.] – 31 October 1765) was the third and youngest son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland and his wife, Caroline of Ansbach...
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Major General Sir Lorenzo Moore KCH CB (c. 1765 – April 1837) was a British Army officer who served during the Napoleonic Wars. He also served for four...
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was a British Army officer from Orkney, Scotland, who briefly held office as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland. Honyman was born in about...
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commanding officer of the 79th Regiment of Foot, which was then stationed at Madras in British India. Weeks later, King George III of Great Britain signed...
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Smith (British Army officer, born 1790) (John Mark Frederick Smith, 1790–1874), British general and colonel-commandant of the Royal Engineers John Smith...
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Thomas Morris (1732?–1808) was a British Army officer and writer. Born at Carlisle, where he was baptised on 22 April 1732, he was one of four sons of...
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Hugh Massy Wheeler KCB (30 June 1789 – 27 June 1857) was an Irish-born officer in the army of the East India Company. He commanded troops in the First Anglo-Afghan...
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Charles Lee (general) (category Continental Army officers from England)
January 1731] – 2 October 1782) was a British-born American military officer who served as a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary...
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Moore Disney (category 1765 births)
General Sir Moore Disney, KCB (16 June 1765 – 19 April 1846) was a senior officer in the British Army. Disney was the eldest son of Moore Disney, of Churchtown...
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offense, and Lord John has more than most to lose by discovery. He belongs to a noble family, he's an officer in His Majesty's Army, and loves both his...
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Lieutenant-General John Manners, Marquess of Granby PC (2 January 1721 – 18 October 1770) was a British Army officer, politician and nobleman. The eldest son of John Manners...
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Henry Bouquet (category 1765 deaths)
Henry Bouquet (born Henri Louis Bouquet; 1719 – 2 September 1765) was a Swiss mercenary who rose to prominence in British service during the French and...
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Stamp Act Congress (redirect from Continental Congress of 1765)
The Stamp Act Congress (October 7 – 25, 1765), also known as the Continental Congress of 1765, was a meeting held in New York City in the colonial Province...
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Thomas Hickey (soldier) (category Continental Army soldiers)
for "mutiny, sedition, and treachery". Born in Ireland, Hickey came to America as a soldier in the British Army and fought as a combat field servant to...
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American Revolutionary War (redirect from British-American War (1776))
1998 (paperback reprint) British Army (1916) [7 August 1781]. Proceedings of a Board of general officers of the British army at New York, 1781. New-York...
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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...
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Preston. John Burgoyne was born in Sutton, Bedfordshire on 24 February 1722, son of Army officer Captain John Burgoyne (died 1768; son of Sir John Burgoyne...
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John Wood (1722 – 30 April 1777) was a military officer in the British Army and Governor of the Isle of Man from 1761 until his death in 1777. Wood was...
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1836 in Scotland (category Use British English from January 2016)
London) August – Sir John Hope, British Army officer (born 1765) 21 October – Donald Gregory, antiquarian (born 1803) 26 November – John Loudon McAdam, civil...
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Peter Puget (category 1765 births)
Peter Puget (1765 – 31 October 1822) was an officer in the Royal Navy, best known for his exploration of Puget Sound, which is named for him. Puget's ancestors...
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