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Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet (1721–1824), hydrographer and colonial official  

Roger T. Stearn

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet (1721–1824), hydrographer and colonial official, was born in November 1721, either in Basel, Switzerland, or in Paris, the eldest child of Joseph-Léonard Vallet des Barres, a Huguenot, and his wife, Anne-Catherine, née Cuvier. He was baptized Joseph-Frédéric Vallet...

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Greville, Algernon Frederick (1798–1864), army officer and private secretary  

Gordon Goodwin

revised by James Falkner

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Greville, Algernon Frederick (1798–1864), army officer and private secretary, was born on 29 January 1798, the second son of Charles Greville (1762–1832), fifth son of Fulke Greville of Wilbury, Wiltshire, and his wife, Lady Charlotte (d. 28 July 1862), eldest daughter of ...