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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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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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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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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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Winde, William (c. 1642–1722), architect and soldier  

Geoffrey Beard

Winde, William (c. 1642–1722), architect and soldier, was born in Bergen-op-Zoom, the Netherlands, the son of Henry Winde (d. 1658), a royalist émigré who had settled there. In the late 1650s he established a military career, serving as an ensign in charge of the English troops at ...