• General Sir Alexander Leith, KCB (1 December 1774 – 19 February 1859) was a Scottish officer in the British Army. He was born in Cobardie, Forgue, Aberdeenshire...
    4 KB (353 words) - 05:23, 2 May 2024
  • Alexander Leith may refer to: Sir Alexander Leith (British Army officer) (1774–1859) Sir Alexander Leith, 1st Baronet, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1869–1956)...
    593 bytes (111 words) - 14:42, 6 September 2022
  • Thumbnail for James Leith (British Army officer, born 1763)
    Lieutenant-General Sir James Leith GCB (8 August 1763 – 16 October 1816) was a Scottish soldier who served in the British Army, commanding the 5th Division...
    22 KB (2,331 words) - 02:06, 10 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for John Cope (British Army officer)
    committed suicide in Edinburgh. Elizabeth became the second wife of Sir Alexander Leith (1741–1780); she is described only as 'a daughter of Sir John Cope...
    26 KB (2,572 words) - 19:25, 30 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of British generals and brigadiers
    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...
    394 KB (35,125 words) - 08:44, 3 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Siege of Leith
    supporters of religious reformation, and an English army arrived to besiege the French garrison at Leith. The town was not taken by force and the French troops...
    61 KB (8,466 words) - 11:36, 30 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Alexander Leith Hay
    General Alexander Leith-Hay [formerly Alexander Leith] (1758 – 16 May 1838), was a British Army officer. Hay was born in Aberdeen on 21 December 1758...
    2 KB (262 words) - 05:02, 15 May 2023
  • Lucius Ferdinand Cary, Master of Falkland (1735–1780) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780. Cary...
    5 KB (422 words) - 10:39, 1 January 2024
  • and poet Alexander Hay (Australian politician) (1865–1941), New Zealand-born member of the Australian House of Representatives Alexander Leith Hay (1758–1838)...
    738 bytes (118 words) - 16:35, 31 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for 1774
    1851) December 1 – Alexander Leith, British Army officer, died 1859 (d. 1859) December 2 François-André Baudin, French naval officer (d. 1842) François-René...
    75 KB (7,725 words) - 07:48, 15 March 2024
  • Major-General Sir Alexander Andrew Wilson KCB (29 October 1858 – 7 July 1937) was a senior British Army officer, Colonel of the Argyll and Sutherland...
    4 KB (247 words) - 21:44, 10 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Leith
    Leith (/liːθ/; Scottish Gaelic: Lìte) is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith. The earliest surviving...
    57 KB (6,674 words) - 18:07, 8 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1770s
    1851) December 1 – Alexander Leith, British Army officer, died 1859 (d. 1859) December 2 François-André Baudin, French naval officer (d. 1842) François-René...
    4 KB (36,407 words) - 12:52, 17 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Thomas Maitland (British Army officer)
    Maitland GCB GCMG GCH (10 March 1760 – 17 January 1824) was a British soldier and British colonial governor. He also served as a Member of Parliament for...
    21 KB (1,662 words) - 18:29, 3 June 2024
  • General Alexander Leith Hay of Rannes and Mary Forbes of Ballogie (died 1824), and was born at Aberdeen on 17 February 1785. He entered the army as an ensign...
    8 KB (667 words) - 03:29, 26 August 2023
  • generals in the British Army since the Acts of Union 1707. The rank of general (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the...
    321 KB (5,442 words) - 15:17, 19 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thomas Gordon (Royal Scots Navy officer)
    the English East India Company's vessel Worcester and two of his officers at Leith in 1707, relationships were poor between the Scottish and English...
    22 KB (3,391 words) - 21:28, 24 February 2024
  • British Army surgeon serving with the Liberators, claimed to have operated on Shaw 12 times during the siege. After one attack, while a staff officer...
    18 KB (2,288 words) - 22:00, 9 December 2023
  • until 1923 and as Sir Charles Burn, Bt, between 1923 and 1925, was a British army officer and Conservative Party politician who was Member of Parliament for...
    5 KB (383 words) - 19:55, 18 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Alexander Hood (British Army officer, born 1888)
    Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Hood GBE KCB KCVO FRCP FRCSE (25 September 1888 – 11 September 1980) was a physician and British Army medical officer who served...
    9 KB (749 words) - 15:08, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)
    The British Merchant Navy is the collective name given to British civilian ships and their associated crews, including officers and ratings. In the UK...
    44 KB (4,315 words) - 22:00, 27 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Leith Hall
    sighted at this location. James Leith (British Army officer) (1763–1816) Andrew Leith Hay (1785–1862) "Property Details for Leith Hall Garden & Estate". Nts...
    7 KB (766 words) - 06:25, 14 January 2024
  • John Oswald GCB GCMG (2 October 1771 – 8 June 1840) was a prominent British Army officer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars whose service...
    14 KB (1,659 words) - 02:38, 23 January 2024
  • Hay may refer to: Alexander Leith Hay (1758–1838), British Army general Andrew Hay (British Army officer) (1762–1814), British Army major general Bob...
    961 bytes (157 words) - 03:25, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for James Leith (VC)
    the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. James Leith was the son of General Alexander Leith of Freefield and Glenkindie, Aberdeenshire...
    4 KB (250 words) - 06:51, 2 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for William Hulme (British Army officer)
    William Hulme (10 May 1788 – 21 August 1855) was an officer of the 96th Regiment of Foot, British Army. William Browne Hulme was born at Halifax, Nova Scotia...
    61 KB (7,362 words) - 10:41, 17 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Royal Navy
    Britain. In the Battle of the Chesapeake, the British fleet failed to lift the French blockade, resulting in the surrender of an entire British army at...
    157 KB (15,891 words) - 18:03, 2 July 2024
  • Trundle, Matthew. Greek Mercenaries: From the Late Archaic Period to Alexander. Routledge, 2004.[ISBN missing] Yalichev, Serge. Mercenaries of the Ancient...
    65 KB (723 words) - 01:56, 14 June 2024
  • James Leith Moody was educated at Tonbridge School and at St Mary Hall, Oxford. He served as Chaplain to Royal Navy in China; and to the British Army in...
    54 KB (5,805 words) - 09:40, 23 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Red Army Faction
    Baader's and Gudrun Ensslin's death in prison. Leith Passmore (2011): Ulrike Meinhof and the Red Army Faction. Performing Terrorism. Palgrave Macmillan...
    114 KB (11,966 words) - 06:32, 30 June 2024