Cadogan, William (1601–1661), soldier and settler in Ireland, was born in Cardiff on 5 February 1601, the eldest son of Henry Cadogan of Llanbedr Felffre, Pembrokeshire, and Catherine, daughter of Thomas Stradling of St Donats Castle and Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan. Although a Welshman by birth and upbringing, ...
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Cadogan, William (1601–1661), soldier and settler in Ireland
Patrick Little
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Oglethorpe, James Edward (1696–1785), army officer and founder of the colony of Georgia
Betty Wood
Oglethorpe, James Edward (1696–1785), army officer and founder of the colony of Georgia, was born in London on 22 December 1696, the third and youngest surviving son of Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe (1650–1702), politician and army officer, and his wife, Eleanor, née Wall (1662–1732)...
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Oglethorpe, James Edward (1696–1785)
Maker: Thomas Burford
James Edward Oglethorpe (1696–1785) by Thomas Burford, pubd c. 1743–5 © Copyright The British Museum
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Piers, William (d. 1603), soldier and founder of the town of Carrickfergus
Mary O'Dowd
Piers, William (d. 1603), soldier and founder of the town of Carrickfergus, was the son of Richard or Henry Piers of Piers-Hall, near Ingleton, Yorkshire. Nothing is known about his education. He may have been a younger son, which would explain his early career as a soldier....
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Talbot, Thomas (1771–1853), army officer and settler in Canada
Colin Frederick Read
Talbot, Thomas (1771–1853), army officer and settler in Canada, was born at Malahide Castle, co. Dublin, on 19 July 1771, the fourth son of Richard Talbot (d. 1788) of Malahide Castle and his wife, Margaret (d. 1834), the daughter of James O'Reilly...
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Talbot, Thomas (1771–1853)
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Thomas Talbot (1771–1853) attrib. James Buckingham Wandesford Collection of McIntosh Gallery, the University of Western Ontario, Gift of Judge Talbot MacBeth, 1941
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Wilson, Allan (1856–1893), soldier and pioneer in Africa
Roger T. Stearn
Wilson, Allan (1856–1893), soldier and pioneer in Africa, was born possibly at Urquhart, Ross and Cromarty, the son of Robert Wilson, road and railway contractor, who in the early 1860s was building roads and bridges in Orkney and who resided with his family at ...
