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William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford

Index William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford

General William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, 1st Marquis of Campo Maior, (2 October 1768 – 8 January 1854) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician. [1]

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Afrancesado

Afrancesado ("Francophiles" or "turned-French", lit. "Frenchified" or "French-alike") were the Spanish and Portuguese partisans of Enlightenment ideas, Liberalism, or the French Revolution, who were supporters of the French occupation of Iberia (Portugal and Spain) and of the First French Empire.

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Afro-Argentines

At the Argentine national census of 2010 the total population was 40,117,096, of whom 149,493 (0.37%) identified as Afro-Argentine.

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Alexander Beresford Hope

Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope PC (25 January 1820 – 20 October 1887), known as Alexander Hope until 1854 (and also known as A. J. B. Hope until 1854 and as A. J. B. Beresford Hope from 1854 onwards), was a British author and Conservative politician.

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Alexander Dickson (British Army officer)

Major General Sir Alexander Dickson (3 June 177722 April 1840) was a British Army officer who served in the artillery.

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Alexander Roos

Alexander Roos (– 30 June 1881) was an Italian-born British architect and urban planner.

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Andrew Hay (British Army officer)

Major General Andrew Hay (1762 – 14 April 1814) was a British Army officer who served in the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.

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Anglo-Portuguese Army

The Anglo-Portuguese Army was the combined British and Portuguese army that participated in the Peninsular War, under the command of Arthur Wellesley.

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António José Severim de Noronha, 1st Duke of Terceira

D. António José Severim de Noronha, 1st Duke of Terceira, 1st Marquis of Vila Flor (18 March 1792, Lisbon – 26 April 1860) was a Portuguese military officer, statesman and a leader of the Constitutionalist side in the Liberal Wars, as well as a Prime Minister of Portugal.

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April Revolt

The April Revolt (Abrilada), in the history of Portugal, was an absolutist political revolt that took place in April 1824.

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Armand Philippon

Armand Philippon (27 August 1761 – 4 May 1836), sometimes called Phillipon, and are examples of the use of "Phillipon", although both historians use both spellings (see and). was a French soldier during the French Revolution and the subsequent First French Empire.

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Arms, titles, honours and styles of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (–14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century.

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Army Gold Medal

The Army Gold Medal (1808–1814), also known as the Peninsular Gold Medal, with an accompanying Gold Cross, was a British campaign medal awarded in recognition of field and general officers' successful commands in campaigns, predominantly the Peninsular War.

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as Prime Minister.

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Badajoz

Badajoz (formerly written Badajos in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain.

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Baron Beresford

Baron Beresford is a title that was created three times for the Beresford family, one in the Peerage of Ireland and later also two in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Baron Decies

Baron Decies, of Decies in the County of Waterford, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.

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Barragán cove

The Ensenada de Barragán ("Barragán's Bay, or Cove") is a small bay on the Río de la Plata, some southeast of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Battle of Albuera

The Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) was a battle during the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Albuera order of battle

This is the order of battle for the Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811).

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Battle of Alcantara (1809)

The Battle of Alcantara (14 May 1809) saw an Imperial French division led by Marshal Claude Perrin Victor attack a Portuguese detachment under Colonel William Mayne.

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Battle of Bussaco

The Battle of Buçaco or Bussaco, fought on 27 September 1810 during the Peninsular War in the Portuguese mountain range of Serra do Buçaco, resulted in the defeat of French forces by Lord Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army.

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Battle of Campo Maior

In the Battle of Campo Maior, or Campo Mayor (an older spelling most often used in English language accounts), on 25 March 1811, Brigadier General Robert Ballard Long with a force of Anglo-Portuguese cavalry, the advance-guard of the army commanded by William Beresford, clashed with a French force commanded by General of Division Marie Victor de Fay, marquis de Latour-Maubourg.

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Battle of Corunna order of battle

This is the order of battle for the Battle of Corunna, 16 January 1809.

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Battle of Garris

The Battle of Garris (Basque Garrüze) or Battle of Saint-Palais (February 15, 1814) saw an Allied force under the direct command of General Arthur Wellesley, Marquess Wellington attack General of Division Jean Harispe's French division.

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Battle of Nivelle

The Battle of Nivelle (10 November 1813) took place in front of the River Nivelle near the end of the Peninsular War (1808–1814).

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Battle of Orthez

The Battle of Orthez (27 February 1814) saw the Anglo-Portuguese Army under Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington attack an Imperial French army led by Marshal Nicolas Soult in southern France.

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Battle of Salamanca

In Battle of Salamanca (in French and Spanish known as "Battle of Arapiles") an Anglo-Portuguese army under the Duke of Wellington defeated Marshal Auguste Marmont's French forces among the hills around Arapiles, south of Salamanca, Spain on 22July 1812 during the Peninsular War.

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Battle of the Gebora

The Battle of the Gebora was a battle of the Peninsular War between Spanish and French armies.

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Battle of Toulouse (1814)

The Battle of Toulouse (10 April 1814) was one of the final battles of the Napoleonic Wars, four days after Napoleon's surrender of the French Empire to the nations of the Sixth Coalition.

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Battle of Usagre

In the Battle of Usagre on 25 May 1811, Anglo-Allied cavalry commanded by Major-General William Lumley routed a French cavalry force led by Major-General Marie Victor Latour-Maubourg at the village of Usagre in the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Zújar

In the Battle of Zújar of the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars, on 9 August 1811 an Imperial French division from Nicolas Soult's army attacked a Spanish division belonging to Manuel Alberto Freire de Andrade y Armijo's Army of Murcia.

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Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment was the final title of a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was originally formed in 1688.

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Bedgebury National Pinetum

Bedgebury National Pinetum at Bedgebury, Kent, in the United Kingdom, is a recreational and conservational arboretum and, with the National Arboretum at Westonbirt, comprises the UK National Arboreta.

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Belém Tower

Belém Tower (Torre de Belém) or the Tower of St Vincent is a fortified tower located in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal.

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Benjamin D'Urban

Lieutenant General Sir Benjamin Alfred D'Urban (1777 – 25 May 1849) was a British general and colonial administrator, who is best known for his frontier policy when he was the Governor in the Cape Colony (now in South Africa).

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Beresford (surname)

Beresford is an English surname.

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Beresford County

Beresford County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales.

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Beresford Square

Beresford Square is a pedestrianised town and market square in Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England.

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Beresford, New Brunswick

Beresford is a Canadian town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.

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Beresford-Peirse baronets

The Beresford, later Beresford-Peirse Baronetcy, of Bagnall in the County of Waterford, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

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Bordeaux

Bordeaux (Gascon Occitan: Bordèu) is a port city on the Garonne in the Gironde department in Southwestern France.

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British Army during the Napoleonic Wars

The British Army during the Napoleonic Wars experienced a time of rapid change.

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British Cemetery Elvas

The British Cemetery at Elvas, Portugal is one of the oldest British Military Cemeteries in existence.

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British invasions of the River Plate

The British invasions of the River Plate were a series of unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of areas in the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata that were located around the Río de la Plata in South America — in present-day Argentina and Uruguay.

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Caçadores

The Caçadores were the elite light infantry troops of the Portuguese Army, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Campaign in south-west France (1814)

The campaign in south-west France in late 1813 and early 1814 was the final campaign of the Peninsular War.

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Campo Maior, Portugal

Campo Maior, is a municipality in the Portalegre District, Alentejo Region, Portugal.

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Captain general of the Army

Captain General (Capitán General in Spanish) has been the highest rank in the Spanish Army (Ejército de Tierra) since the 18th century.

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Carlos de España

Roger-Bernard-Charles Espagnac de Ramefort (15 August 1775 – 1839), better known as Charles d'Espagnac or, from 1817, Carlos d'Espagne, El País.

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Castle Fortress of Almeida

The Castle/Fortress of Almeida (Castelo e Fortaleza de Almeida) is a castle situated in the civil parish of Almeida, in the municipality of Almeida in the Portuguese district of Guarda, in the former-northwestern province of Beira Alta.

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Catterick Bridge

Catterick Bridge is both a bridge across the River Swale in North Yorkshire, England, about 1 mile north of Catterick, and a hamlet at the south end of the bridge.

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Causes of the May Revolution

The May Revolution (Revolución de Mayo) was a series of revolutionary political and social events that took place during the early nineteenth century in the city of Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a colony of the Spanish Crown which at the time contained the present-day nations of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay.

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Charles Stirling

Sir Charles Stirling (28 April 1760 – 7 November 1833) was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy.

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Coalition forces of the Napoleonic Wars

The Coalition Forces of the Napoleonic Wars were composed of Napoleon Bonaparte's enemies: the United Kingdom, the Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, Kingdom of Spain, Kingdom of Naples and Sicily, Kingdom of Sardinia, Dutch Republic, Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Portugal, Kingdom of Sweden, various Confederation of the Rhine and Italian states at differing times in the wars.

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Colin Campbell (British Army officer, born 1776)

Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell (1776 – 13 June 1847) was a British Army officer and colonial governor.

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Column (formation)

A military column is a formation of soldiers marching together in one or more files in which the file is significantly longer than the width of ranks in the formation.

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Cornelio Saavedra

Cornelio Judas Tadeo de Saavedra y Rodríguez (September 15, 1759 in Otuyo – March 29, 1829 in Buenos Aires) was a military officer and statesman from the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.

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Cornelius Cuyler

General Sir Cornelius Cuyler, 1st Baronet (31 October 1740 – 8 March 1819) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth.

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County Waterford (UK Parliament constituency)

Waterford was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the British House of Commons.

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E. H. D. Sewell

Edward Humphrey Dalrymple Sewell (30 September 1872 – 20 September 1947) was a first-class cricketer, popular cricket and rugby journalist and author, known universally as E. H. D. Sewell.

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Eloi Charlemagne Taupin

Eloi Charlemagne Taupin (17 August 1767 – 10 April 1814) became a French soldier before the French Revolution and was killed in 1814 leading his division in battle against the British and the Spanish in southern France.

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Elvas

Elvas is a Portuguese municipality, former episcopal city and frontier fortress of easternmost central Portugal, located in the district of Portalegre in Alentejo.

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Florida Street

Florida Street (Calle Florida) is a popular shopping street in Downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Fonda de los Tres Reyes

Fonda de los Tres Reyes was an Inn or Tavern that operated in Buenos Aires in the late 18th century and early 19th.

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Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén

Francisco Javier Castaños Aragorri Urioste y Olavide, 1st Duke of Bailén (es: Francisco Javier Castaños Aragorri Urioste y Olavide, primer Duque de Bailén.; 22 April 1758 – 24 September 1852), was a Spanish general during the Peninsular War.

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Fuerte de Buenos Aires

Fuerte de Buenos Aires was the main Spanish fortress of the city of Buenos Aires during the colonial period.

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George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford

George de la Poer Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford, KP, PC (Ire) (8 January 1735 – 3 December 1800) was an Irish politician, known as George Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone from 1763 to 1789.

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George Elder (British Army officer)

Major General Sir George Elder (died 1836), K.C.B., etc., was a British Army officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars, in the South American Expedition (1806–1807) and the Peninsular War.

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George Murray (British Army officer)

Sir George Murray (6 February 1772 – 28 July 1846) was a British soldier and politician from Scotland.

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Gomes Freire de Andrade

Gomes Freire de Andrade, ComC (27 January 1757, in Vienna – 18 October 1817) was a field marshal and distinguished officer of the Portuguese army who served France at the end of his military career.

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Gordon Drummond

General Sir Gordon Drummond, GCB (27 September 1772 – 10 October 1854) was a Canadian-born British army officer and the first official to command the military and the civil government of Canada.

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Goudhurst

Goudhurst is a village in Kent on the Weald, about south of Maidstone.

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Governor of Cork

The Governor of Cork was a military officer who commanded the garrison at Cork in Ireland.

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Granby Thomas Calcraft

Major General Sir Granby Thomas Calcraft (1770–1820) was a British soldier and politician.

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Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, (17 May 1768 – 29 April 1854), styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British Army officer and politician.

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Henry Warre

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry James Warre KCB (1819 – 3 April 1898) was a British Army officer.

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Hildebrand Oakes

Lieutenant-General Sir Hildebrand Oakes, 1st Baronet GCB (19 January 1754 – 9 September 1822) was a British Army officer.

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History of Lisbon

The history of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, revolves around its strategic geographical position at the mouth of the Tagus, the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula.

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History of Portugal (1777–1834)

The history of the kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves, from the First Treaty of San Ildefonso and the beginning of the reign of Queen Maria I in 1777, to the end of the Liberal Wars in 1834, spans a complex historical period in which several important political and military events led to the end of the absolutist regime and to the installation of a constitutional monarchy in the country.

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History of South America

The history of South America is the study of the past, particularly the written record, oral histories, and traditions, passed down from generation to generation on the continent of South America.

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HMS Basilisk (1801)

HMS Basilisk was a built by Randall in Rotherhithe and launched in 1801.

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HMS Centaur (1797)

HMS Centaur was a 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 March 1797 at Woolwich.

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HMS Success (1781)

HMS Success was a 32-gun ''Amazon''-class fifth-rate frigate of the British Royal Navy launched in 1781, which served during the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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Hugh Downman

Hugh Downman (c. 1765 – 4 January 1858) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral.

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Hugh Gordon (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Hugh Mackay Gordon (1760 – 12 March 1823) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

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Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian

Lieutenant General Richard Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian (28 July 177520 August 1842), known as Sir Hussey Vivian from 1815 to 1828 and Sir Hussey Vivian, Bt, from 1828 to 1841, was a British cavalry leader from the Vivian family.

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Irish military diaspora

The Irish military diaspora refers to the many people of either Irish birth or extraction (see Irish diaspora) who have served in overseas military forces, regardless of rank, duration of service, or success.

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James Douglas (British Army officer)

General Sir James Dawes Douglas (14 January 1785 – 6 March 1862) was a British Army officer, who had a long and illustrious military career, which included commanding Portuguese troops in the Peninsular War.

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James Kempt

General Sir James Kempt, (c. 1765 – 20 December 1854) was a British Army officer, who served in the Netherlands, Egypt, Italy, the Peninsula, and British North America during the Napoleonic Wars.

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January 8

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Jean-de-Dieu Soult

Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia, (29 March 1769 – 26 November 1851) was a French general and statesman, named Marshal of the Empire in 1804 and often called Marshal Soult.

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Joaquín Blake

Joaquín Blake y Joyes (Vélez-Málaga, 19 August 1759 – 27 April 1827, Valladolid) was a Spanish military officer who served with distinction in the French Revolutionary and Peninsular wars.

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John Claudius Beresford

John Claudius Beresford (23 October 1766 – 20 July 1846) was a Tory UK Member of Parliament representing Dublin City 1801–1804 and County Waterford 1806–1811.

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John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland

General John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland (2 February 1784 – 16 October 1859), styled Lord Burghersh until 1841, was a British soldier, politician, diplomat and musician.

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John Mawe

John Mawe (1764 – 26 October 1829) was a British mineralogist who became known for his practical approach to the discipline.

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John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham

General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, (9 October 1756 – 24 September 1835) was a British soldier and politician.

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John Scott Lillie

Sir John Scott Lillie (1790 – 29 June 1868) was a decorated officer of the British Army and Portuguese Army who fought in the Peninsular War (1808-1814).

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John Squire (British Army officer)

John Squire (1780–1812) was a British Army officer who rose to become a brevet lieutenant-colonel in the Corps of Royal Engineers during the Napoleonic Wars.

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John VI of Portugal

John VI (Portuguese: João VI; –), nicknamed "the Clement", was King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves from 1816 to 1825.

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José de San Martín

José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850), known simply as José de San Martín or El Libertador of Argentina, Chile and Peru, was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire who served as the Protector of Peru.

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José Gervasio Artigas

José Gervasio Artigas Arnal (June 19, 1764 – September 23, 1850) was a national hero of Uruguay, sometimes called "the father of Uruguayan nationhood".

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José Travassos Valdez, 1st Count of Bonfim

José Lúcio Travassos Valdez (February 23, 1787 – July 10, 1862), only Baron and first Count of Bonfim, was a Portuguese soldier and statesman.

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Juan Bautista Azopardo

Juan Bautista Azopardo (19 February 1772 in Senglea, Malta – 23 October 1848 in Buenos Aires) was a Maltese privateer and military man who fought under the flags of the Netherlands, Spain and Argentina.

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Juan de Canaveris

Juan de Canaveris (or Canaverys) (1748–1822) was an Italian lawyer who served as accounting officer in the Tribunal de Cuentas de Buenos Aires, during the viceroyalty of Río de la Plata.

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Juan José Castelli

Juan José Castelli (July 19, 1764 – October 12, 1812) was an Argentine lawyer.

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Kilndown

Kilndown is a hamlet west of Cranbrook in Kent, England.

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La Albuera

La Albuera is a village southeast of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.

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La Reconquista de Buenos Aires

La Reconquista de Buenos Aires (The Reconquest of Buenos Aires) is an Argentine portrait by Charles Fouqueray in 1909.

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Liberal Revolution of 1820

The Liberal Revolution of 1820 (Revolução Liberal) was a Portuguese political revolution that erupted in 1820.

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Lieutenant Governor of Jersey

The Lieutenant Governor of Jersey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Jersey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown.

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Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance

The Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance was a member of the British Board of Ordnance and the deputy of the Master-General of the Ordnance.

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List of British generals and brigadiers

This is a list of people who held general officer rank or the rank of brigadier (together now recognized as starred officers) in the British Army, Royal Marines, British Indian Army or other military force.

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List of countships in Portugal

This is a list of countships in Portugal (Condados; singular Condado; the title is Conde, for Count, and Condessa, for Countess).

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List of hereditary baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

This page, one list of hereditary baronies, lists all baronies, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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List of Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath

This is a list of those men who were made Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath from the date of the Order's revival by King George I of Great Britain, 18 May 1725, to its reorganisation on 2 January 1815.

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List of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order

Below is an incomplete list of Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order from the creation of the order in 1815.

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List of marquises in Portugal

This is a list of marquesses in Portugal.

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List of Marshals of Portugal

This List of Marshals of Portugal contains the names of people who received the title of Marshal-General (Marechal-general), Army Marshal (Marechal do Exército), or Air Marshal (Marechal da Força Aérea) in the history of the Portuguese Armed Forces.

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List of military disasters

In this list a military disaster is the unexpected and sound defeat of one side in a battle or war, sometimes changing the course of history.

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List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1807

List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1807 This is a list of the MPs or Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons for the constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom general election, 1807, the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom, and their replacements returned at subsequent by-elections, arranged by constituency.

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List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1812

List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1812 This is a list of the MPs or Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons for the constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom general election, 1812, the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom, and their replacements returned at subsequent by-elections, arranged by constituency.

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List of people involved in coronations of the British monarch

Below is a list of people involved in coronations of the British monarch.

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List of places of worship in Tunbridge Wells (borough)

The borough of Tunbridge Wells, one of 13 local government districts in the English county of Kent, has nearly 130 current and former places of worship.

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List of Privy Counsellors (1820–37)

This is a List of Privy Counsellors of the United Kingdom appointed between the accession of King George IV in 1820 and the death of King William IV in 1837.

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List of United Kingdom by-elections (1806–18)

This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1806 and 1818, with the names of the previous incumbent and the victor in the by-election.

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List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

This article is a list of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland, including the England, the Scotland, the Ireland, the Great Britain and the Peerage of the United Kingdom, listed in order of creation, including extant, extinct and abeyant titles.

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Liverpool ministry

This is a list of members of the government of the United Kingdom in office under the leadership of Lord Liverpool from 1812 to 1827.

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Loftus William Otway

General Sir Loftus William Otway, CB was an experienced and professional cavalry commander of British forces during the Peninsula War who saw extensive service under Sir John Moore in the Corunna Campaign and Wellington in the remainder of the campaign.

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Lord Beresford

Lord Beresford may refer to.

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Lord George Beresford

General Lord George Thomas Beresford GCH, PC (12 February 1781 – 26 October 1839) was an Anglo-Irish soldier, courtier and Tory politician.

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Louis Henri Loison

Louis Henri Loison (16 May 1771 – 30 December 1816) briefly joined the French Army in 1787 and after the French Revolution became a junior officer.

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Luján, Buenos Aires

Luján is a city in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina, located 68 kilometres north west of the city of Buenos Aires.

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Manley Power

Lieutenant General Sir Manley Power, KCB, ComTE (1773 – 7 July 1826) was a British military leader who fought in a number of campaigns for Britain and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.

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Manuel Belgrano

Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano y González (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820), usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader.

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Mariano Moreno

Mariano Moreno (September 23, 1778 – March 4, 1811) was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician.

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Marquess of Waterford

Marquess of Waterford is a title in the Peerage of Ireland and the premier marquessate in that peerage.

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Martín de Álzaga

Martín de Alzaga (11 November 1755 – 6 July 1812) was a Spanish merchant and politician during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata.

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Master-General of the Ordnance

The Master-General of the Ordnance (MGO) was a very senior British military position from 1415 to 2013 (except 1855-1895 and 1939-1958) with some changes to the name, usually held by a serving general.

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May Revolution

The May Revolution (Revolución de Mayo) was a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.

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Middleton-on-Sea

Middleton-on-Sea is a village, civil parish and an electoral ward in the Arun District of West Sussex, England, lying to the east of Bognor Regis and neighbouring Felpham.

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Miguel I of Portugal

Dom Miguel I (English: Michael I; 26 October 1802 – 14 November 1866), "the Absolutist" ("o Absolutista") or "the Traditionalist" ("o Tradicionalista"), was the King of Portugal between 1828 and 1834, the seventh child and third son of King João VI (John VI) and his queen, Carlota Joaquina of Spain.

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Miguel Pereira Forjaz, Count of Feira

Dom Miguel Pereira Forjaz Coutinho (1 November 1769 – 6 November 1827), 9th Count of Feira, was a Portuguese general and War Secretary in the Peninsular War.

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Military career of José de San Martín in Spain

José de San Martín was an Argentine-born general who moved to Spain during his childhood.

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Military history of Argentina

The military history of Argentina spans a period of over two centuries.

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Military history of Portugal

The military history of Portugal is as long as the history of the country, from before the emergence of the independent Portuguese state.

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Mural crown

A mural crown (corona muralis) is a crown or headpiece representing city walls or towers.

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National Historical Museum (Argentina)

The Argentine National Historical Museum (Museo Histórico Nacional) is located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is a museum dedicated to the history of Argentina, exhibiting objects relating to the May Revolution and the Argentine War of Independence.

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October 2

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Olivenza

Olivenza or Olivença is a town situated on a disputed section of the Portugal–Spain border.

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Oriental Club

The Oriental Club in London is a Gentlemen's club established in 1824 that now admits ladies (since 2010).

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Orthez 1814 Order of Battle

The Battle of Orthez (27 February 1814) saw the Anglo-Portuguese Army commanded by Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington attack a Imperial French army under Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult.

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Palace of the Carrancas

The Palace of the Carrancas (Palácio das Carrancas/Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis) is a former-residence in the civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the northern Portuguese city of Porto.

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Peninsular War

The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was a military conflict between Napoleon's empire (as well as the allied powers of the Spanish Empire), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Portugal, for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Peter Campbell (naval officer)

Peter Campbell, also known in Spanish as Pedro Campbell, (1780, Tipperary, Ireland-c.1832 South America), was an Irish naval officer who founded the Uruguayan Navy.

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Philip Bainbrigge

Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Bainbrigge (1786–1862) was a British Army officer.

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Portuguese Army

The Portuguese Army (Exército Português) is the land component of the Armed Forces of Portugal and is also its largest branch.

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Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental

The Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental was the armed-conflict that took place between 1816 and 1820 in the Banda Oriental, for control of what today comprises the whole of the Republic of Uruguay, the northern part of the Argentine Mesopotamia and southern Brazil.

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Rafael de Sobremonte, 3rd Marquis of Sobremonte

Don Rafael de Sobremonte y Núñez del Castillo, 3rd Marquis of Sobremonte (Seville, 1745 – Cádiz, 1827), third Marquis of Sobremonte, was an aristocrat, military man and Spanish colonial administrator, and Viceroy of the Río de la Plata.

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Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom

This article about records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom and of England includes a variety of lists of MPs by age, period and other circumstances of service, familiar sets, ethnic or religious minorities, physical attributes, and circumstances of their deaths.

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Robert Arbuthnot (British Army officer)

General Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB (19 November 1773 – 6 May 1853) was a British military commander during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Robert Ballard Long

Lieutenant-General Robert Ballard Long (4 April 1771 – 2 March 1825) was an officer of the British and Hanoverian Armies who despite extensive service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars never managed to achieve high command due to his abrasive manner with his superiors and his alleged tactical ineptitude.

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Robert Craufurd

Major-General Robert Craufurd (5 May 1764 – 23 January 1812) was a British soldier.

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Royal Arsenal Gatehouse

The Royal Arsenal Gatehouse or Beresford Gate is the main gatehouse of the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, South East London, England.

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Salamanca order of battle

The following units and commanders fought at the Battle of Salamanca on July 22, 1812 during the Peninsular War.

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Samuel Joseph (sculptor)

Samuel Joseph (1791–1 July 1850) was a British sculptor, working in the early 19th century.

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Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires

Jacques de Liniers (July 25, 1753 – August 26, 1810) was a French officer in the Spanish military service, and a viceroy of the Spanish colonies of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.

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Santo Domingo convent

The Santo Domingo Convent, or Basilic of Our Lady of the Rosary and Convent of Santo Domingo is a convent for Our Lady of the Rosary located in the Monserrat neighborhood of Buenos Aires.

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Second Battle of Porto

The Second Battle of Porto, also known as the Battle of the Douro, was a battle in which General Arthur Wellesley's Anglo-Portuguese Army defeated Marshal Nicolas Soult's French troops on 12 May 1809 and took back the city of Porto.

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Second Siege of Badajoz (1811)

The Second Siege of Badajoz (22 April – 12 May and 18 May – 10 June, 1811) saw an Anglo-Portuguese Army, first led by William Carr Beresford and later commanded by Arthur Wellesley,The Viscount Wellington, besiege a French garrison under Armand Philippon at Badajoz, Spain.

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Siege of Chaves

The Siege of Chaves refers to the French siege and capture of Chaves, Portugal from 10 to 12 March 1809, and the subsequent siege and recapture of the town by Portuguese forces from 21 to 25 March 1809, during the second invasion of Portugal in the Peninsular War.

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Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet

General Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet (12 March 1769 – 6 October 1843) was a Scottish soldier who served as an officer in the British Army.

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Sir John Beresford, 1st Baronet

Sir John Poo Beresford, 1st Baronet, GCH (1766 – 2 October 1844) was an officer of the Royal Navy who rose to the rank of admiral, held the post of Second Sea Lord, and also served as Conservative Member of Parliament.

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Sir John Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Woodbrook

Lieutenant-General Sir John James Hamilton, 1st Baronet (1755–1835) was a highly respected and experienced officer of the Honourable East India Company, the British Army and during the Napoleonic Wars the Portuguese Army who saw action across the world from India to the West Indies and was honoured for his service by both the British and Portuguese royal families.

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Sir John Murray, 8th Baronet

General Sir John Murray, 8th Baronet, (c. 1768 – 15 October 1827) led a brigade under Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War.

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Sir Richard Fletcher, 1st Baronet

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Fletcher, 1st Baronet (1768 – 31 August 1813) was an engineer in the British Army known for his work on the Lines of Torres Vedras.

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Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet

Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Baronet (died 15 January 1673) was an Irish soldier and politician.

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St. Clair, Ontario

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Thomas Hope (1769–1831)

Thomas Hope (30 August 1769 – 3 February 1830/1831) was a Dutch and British merchant banker, author, philosopher and art collector, best known for his novel Anastasius, a work which many experts considered a rival to the writings of Lord Byron.

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Thomas Napier (British Army officer)

General Sir Thomas Erskine Napier (1790 – 5 July 1863) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

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Thomas Noel Hill

Colonel Sir Thomas Noel Hill KCB KTS (24February 17848January 1832) was a British Army officer of the Napoleonic Wars who fought at the Battle of Waterloo on 18June 1815.

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Thomas Picton

Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton (24 August 175818 June 1815), a Welsh officer of the British Army, fought in a number of campaigns for Britain in the Napoleonic Wars.

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Timeline of Portuguese history

This is a timeline of Portuguese history.

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Timeline of Portuguese history (Fourth Dynasty)

This is a historical timeline of Portugal.

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Timeline of the Adriatic campaign of 1807–14

The Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814 was a struggle for supremacy in the Adriatic Sea between the French Navy and the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Toulouse 1814 Order of Battle

Toulouse 1814 Order of Battle The Battle of Toulouse saw a French army led by Marshal Nicolas Soult defend the city of Toulouse against the Marquess of Wellington's British, Portuguese, and Spanish army.

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Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata

The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (Virreinato del Río de la Plata, also called Viceroyalty of the River Plate in some scholarly writings) was the last to be organized and also the shortest-lived of the Viceroyalties of the Spanish Empire in America.

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Victory title

A victory title is an honorific title adopted by a successful military commander to commemorate his defeat of an enemy nation.

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Vital Joachim Chamorin

Vital Joachim Chamorin (16 August 1773 — 25 March 1811) was a French general officer who was known for commanding the 26th French Dragoons Regiment during the Peninsular War.

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Wellington–Peel ministry

The Conservative government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that began in 1828 and ended in 1830 was led by the Duke of Wellington in the House of Lords and Robert Peel in the House of Commons.

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William Beresford (disambiguation)

William Beresford could refer to.

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William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies

William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies (16 April 1743 – 6 September 1819) was an Anglo-Irish clergyman.

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William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford

General William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, 1st Marquis of Campo Maior, (2 October 1768 – 8 January 1854) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician.

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William Bradley (painter)

William Bradley (born 1801, in Manchester, England) was a British portrait artist.

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William Henry Sewell

General Sir William Henry Sewell, (c.1786 – 13 March 1862) was a senior officer in the British Army.

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William Inglis (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Sir William Inglis, KCB (1764 – 29 November 1835) was a British officer of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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William Lumley

General Sir William Lumley, (1769–1850) was a British Army officer and courtier during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

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13th Hussars

The 13th Hussars (previously the 13th Light Dragoons) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army established in 1715.

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15th Infantry Regiment (Portugal)

The 15th Infantry Regiment (RI15) (Regimento de Infantaria nº 15) is a unit of the Base Structure of the Army, stationed in Tomar, currently with the operating charge of organizing, training and maintaining the 1st Parachute Battalion (1BIPara) Rapid Reaction Brigade.

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1768

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1768 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1768 in Great Britain.

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1854

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1854 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1854 in the United Kingdom.

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38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot

The 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1705.

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57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot

The 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot was a regiment of line infantry in the British Army, raised in 1755.

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63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot

The 63rd Regiment of Foot, was a British Army regiment, raised in 1756.

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69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot

The 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1756.

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88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)

The 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) ("the Devil's Own") was an infantry Regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793.

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Redirects here:

Count of Trancoso, Marquis of Campo Maior, Marquês de Campo Maior, Marshal Beresford, Viscount Beresford, William Carr Beresford, William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford, William Carr Beresford, Viscount, Baron Beresford of Albuera and Dungarvan, Duke de Elvas Beresford.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beresford,_1st_Viscount_Beresford

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