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Porteous, John (c. 1695–1736), army officer and victim of crowd violence  

K. J. Logue

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Porteous, John (c. 1695–1736), army officer and victim of crowd violence, was probably born in the burgh of the Canongate, Edinburgh, the son of Stephen Porteous, a tailor. Little is known of his early life other than that he served in the army in ...

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Yelverton, William Charles, fourth Viscount Avonmore (1824–1883), army officer and litigant  

E. I. Carlyle

revised by K. D. Reynolds

Publication History:

Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Yelverton, William Charles, fourth Viscount Avonmore (1824–1883), army officer and litigant, born on 27 September 1824, was the eldest son of Barry John Yelverton, third Viscount Avonmore (1790–1870), and his second wife, Cecilia (d. 1 Feb 1876), eldest daughter of Charles O'Keeffe...