Anderson, Alfred (1896–2005), joiner and soldier, was born on 25 June 1896 at 20 Kinloch Street, Dundee, the third son of Andrew Anderson (1864–1945) and his wife, Christina, née Emmerson (1868–1945). His parents had emigrated to Chicago, Illinois, and were married there in 1888. However, nostalgia for ...
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Anderson, Alfred (1896–2005), joiner and soldier
John M. MacKenzie
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Barrallier, Francis Louis (1773–1853), army officer and surveyor
H. M. Chichester
revised by S. Kinross
Barrallier, Francis Louis (1773–1853), army officer and surveyor, was the son of a French surveyor, who after the capture of Toulon in 1793 was employed by the British. Barrallier was permitted to go to New South Wales with the new governor, Captain P. G. King RN...
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Batty, Robert (1789–1848), army officer and artist
John Sweetman
Batty, Robert (1789–1848), army officer and artist, was born in London on 5 August 1789, son of the obstetric physician, medical journal editor, and amateur artist Dr Robert Batty (1762–1849) and his wife, Ann, née Braithwaite. After attending school in Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland...
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Brown, Sir John (1880–1958), architect and army officer
B. H. L. Hart
revised by Roger T. Stearn
Brown, Sir John (1880–1958), architect and army officer, was born in Northampton on 10 February 1880, the elder son of John Brown, a clicker, later a licensed victualler and an alderman, of Abington, Northampton, and his wife, Kate Davis (née Allen). He was educated at ...
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Cavendish, William, first duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (bap. 1593, d. 1676)
Maker: Abraham van Diepenbeck
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William Cavendish, first duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (bap. 1593, d. 1676) by Abraham van Diepenbeck [with Bolsover Castle in the background] © Copyright The British Museum
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Cavendish, William, first duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (bap. 1593, d. 1676), writer, patron, and royalist army officer
Lynn Hulse
Cavendish, William, first duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (bap. 1593, d. 1676), writer, patron, and royalist army officer, was born at Handsworth Manor, Yorkshire, and was baptized in the parish on 16 December 1593. He was the second of three children, the first having died in infancy, of ...
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Cockburn, James Pattison (1779–1847), army officer and watercolour painter
H. M. Chichester
revised by Roger T. Stearn
Cockburn, James Pattison (1779–1847), army officer and watercolour painter, was born on 18 March 1779 in New York, the son of Colonel John Cockburn and his wife, Mary, daughter of Colonel Sir James Cockburn. He entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, as a cadet on 19 March 1793, and passed out, as a second lieutenant, ...
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Crealock, Henry Hope (1831–1891), army officer, artist, and author
E. I. Carlyle
revised by M. G. M. Jones
Crealock, Henry Hope (1831–1891), army officer, artist, and author, born on 31 March 1831, was the son of William Betton Crealock of Langeston, Littleham, near Bideford. Crealock entered Rugby School in February 1844. He was commissioned in the 90th light infantry on 13 October 1848, and promoted lieutenant on 24 December 1852 and captain on 29 December 1854. On 5 December 1854 he landed at ...
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Crealock, John North (1836–1895)
Maker: unknown engraver
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John North Crealock (1836–1895) by unknown engraver © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Crealock, John North (1836–1895), army officer and artist
J. P. C. Laband
Crealock, John North (1836–1895), army officer and artist, was born on 21 May 1836, the second son of William Betton Crealock of Langeston, Littleham, near Bideford. Educated at Rugby School, he was commissioned as ensign in the 95th (Derbyshire) regiment on 13 October 1854 and promoted lieutenant on 9 February 1855. From May 1855 to June 1856 he was inspector of musketry at ...
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Dowdeswell, William (1760–1828), army officer and art collector
H. M. Stephens
revised by Roger T. Stearn
Dowdeswell, William (1760–1828), army officer and art collector, was born on 27 February 1760, the third son of the Right Hon. William Dowdeswell (1721–1775) of Pull Court, near Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, and his wife, Bridget (d. 1818), youngest daughter of Sir William Codrington, ...
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Erskine, John, styled twenty-second or sixth earl of Mar and Jacobite duke of Mar (bap. 1675, d. 1732), Jacobite army officer, politician, and architect
Christoph v. Ehrenstein
Erskine, John, styled twenty-second or sixth earl of Mar and Jacobite duke of Mar (bap. 1675, d. 1732), Jacobite army officer, politician, and architect, was born on the lowland family estate at Alloa, Clackmannanshire, and baptized at Alloa parish church on 21 January 1675. He was the first of four surviving children of ...
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Erskine, John, styled twenty-second or sixth earl of Mar and Jacobite duke of Mar (bap. 1675, d. 1732)
Maker: Sir Godfrey Kneller
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John Erskine, styled twenty-second or sixth earl of Mar and Jacobite duke of Mar (bap. 1675, d. 1732) by Sir Godfrey Kneller, c. 1715 [right, with his son, Thomas Erskine, Lord Erskine] in the collection of the Earl of Mar and Kellie at Alloa Tower; photograph courtesy the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
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Flakefield, William (fl. c. 1670–1700), soldier and linen weaver
Edwin Cannan
revised by Anita McConnell
Flakefield, William (fl. c. 1670–1700), soldier and linen weaver, was, according to Ure, son of one Wilson of Flakefield, in the parish of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, who became a merchant in Glasgow about 1650, and was called Flakefield in order to distinguish him from another merchant named ...
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Guise, John (1682/3–1765), army officer and art collector
Jonathan Spain
Guise, John (1682/3–1765), army officer and art collector, was the son of William Guise (bap. 1652, d. 1683) of Ablode Court, Sandhurst, Gloucestershire (where John was born), professor of oriental languages at Oxford, and his wife, Frances, the daughter and coheir of George Southcote...
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Guise, John (1682/3–1765)
Maker: Sir Joshua Reynolds
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John Guise (1682/33–1765) by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1755–6 Christ Church, Oxford
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Hubback, Arthur Benison (1871–1948)
Maker: Lafayette
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Arthur Benison Hubback (1871–1948) by Lafayette, 1927 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Hubback, Arthur Benison (1871–1948), architect and army officer bishop of Assam and of Calcutta
J. M. Gullick
Hubback, Arthur Benison (1871–1948), architect and army officer, was born on 13 April 1871 at 74 Rodney Street, Liverpool, the eldest of the three sons and two daughters of Joseph Hubback (1814–1882), merchant and lord mayor (in 1870) of Liverpool, and his third wife, ...
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Jones, George (1786–1869), army officer and painter
James Hamilton
Jones, George (1786–1869), army officer and painter, born in London on 6 January 1786, was the only son of John Jones (c. 1755–1796), the mezzotint-engraver. His godfather was George Steevens, the controversial and argumentative writer on Shakespearian and other literary issues. George Jones...
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Jones, (Walter) David Michael [pseud. Dai Greatcoat] (1895–1974), painter and poet
Peter Levi
revised
Jones, (Walter) David Michael [pseud. Dai Greatcoat] (1895–1974), painter and poet, was born on 1 November 1895 in Brockley, Kent, the younger son and youngest of three children of James Jones, printer, from Holywell, Flintshire, and his wife, Alice Ann, former governess, daughter of ...
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