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Barbara Donagan
Barriffe, William (1599/1600–1643), military writer and parliamentarian army officer, was probably born in London, the son of William Barriffe, cordwainer in the city, and his wife, Florence, née Pope. On 14 January 1621 at St Gregory by Paul, London, he married Anne Rundell...
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Barry, Gerat (d. 1646), army officer in the Spanish service and military writer, was probably the individual of that name who embarked from Kinsale with the Spanish forces in March 1601 in the company of his father, David Fitz Garrot Barry of Rincorran...
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Bouquet, Henry (1719–1765), army officer and military writer, was born at Rolle in the Pays de Vaud, Switzerland. In 1736 he joined the regiment of Constant in the service of the states general of the United Provinces as a cadet, and in 1738 became an ensign. He distinguished himself while serving with the Sardinian forces in the War of the Austrian Succession, and in 1748 was appointed captain-commandant and lieutenant-colonel of a new regiment of ...
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Cairnes, William Elliot (1862–1902), army officer and military writer, was born at Galway on 18 September 1862, to an old family of Scottish descent, the son of John Elliot Cairnes (1823–1875), economist and professor at University College, London, and his wife, Eliza Charlotte...
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H. M. Chichester
revised by James Lunt
Clerke, Thomas Henry Shadwell (1792–1849), army officer and military journalist, was born at Bandon, co. Cork. Intended for the army, a profession also adopted by his brothers, St John Augustus Clerke, who died a lieutenant-general and colonel in the 75th foot on 17 January 1870, and ...
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Dundas, Sir David (1735
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C. L. Kingsford
revised by James Falkner
Griffiths, Frederick Augustus (1795/6–1869), army officer and military writer, entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, on 20 February 1810. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 13 December 1813, first lieutenant on 8 October 1816, captain on 23 December 1841, and brevet major on 28 November 1854. In 1854 he became professor of fortification at ...
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John Gurwood (1790–1845) by William Salter, 1834–40 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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H. M. Chichester
revised by James Lunt
Gurwood, John (1790–1845), army officer and editor of Wellington's dispatches, was the second son of one Gurwood; his widowed mother married H. Okey. He started work in an office, but after an unrequited love affair entered the army as ensign in the 52nd light infantry...
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Sir (James) Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane (1862–1950) by Bassano, 1922 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Haldane, Sir (James) Aylmer Lowthorpe (1862–1950), army officer and author, was born on 17 November 1862 at 14 Stafford Street, Edinburgh, the only son and sixth of seven children of Daniel Rutherford Haldane (1824–1887), physician, and his wife, Charlotte Elizabeth Lowthorpe (d...
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Sir Edward Bruce Hamley (1824–1893) by unknown photographer © National Portrait Gallery, London
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E. M. Lloyd
revised by Roger T. Stearn
Hamley, Sir Edward Bruce (1824–1893), army officer and military writer, born at Bodmin, Cornwall, on 27 April 1824, was the fourth and youngest son of Vice-Admiral William Hamley (1786–1866) and his wife, Barbara, daughter of Charles Ogilvy of Lerwick, Shetland. William George Hamley...
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H. M. Chichester
revised by James Falkner
Hart, Henry George (1808–1878), army officer and founder of Hart's Army List, belonged to the old Dorset family of Hart of Netherbury, and was the third son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Hart, who served in the Royal Navy, the Dorsetshire militia, and the 111th regiment...
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André Wessels
Henderson, George Francis Robert (1854–1903), army officer, historian, and military writer, was born on 2 June 1854 in St Helier, Jersey, the eldest of the fourteen children of William George Henderson (1819–1905), from 1884 dean of Carlisle, and his wife, Jane Melville (...
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James, Walter Haweis (1847–1927), army officer, politician, and military writer, was born on 9 July 1847, the youngest son of H. C. James and his wife, Elizabeth Jane, née Page. The family home was Bushmead Hall, Bedford. Educated privately, James entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich...
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James Jay Carafano
Lloyd, Henry Humphrey Evans (c. 1718–1783), army officer and military writer, was born the son of a clergyman at Cwm Bychan Farm, in the parish of Llanbedr, Merioneth. He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford. Lloyd hoped to pursue a military career but could not afford to purchase a commission. In 1744 he went to ...
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Sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall (1819–1894) by unknown photographer, c. 1860 © reserved
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R. H. Vetch
revised by Roger T. Stearn
MacDougall, Sir Patrick Leonard (1819–1894), army officer and military writer, born at Boulogne, France, on 10 August 1819, was the son of Sir Duncan Macdougall (1787–1862), army officer, and his first wife, Anne, daughter of Colonel Cornelius Smelt, governor of the Isle of Man...
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