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...
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Alexander Leith may refer to: Sir Alexander Leith (British Army officer) (1774–1859) Sir Alexander Leith, 1st Baronet, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1869–1956)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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and poet Alexander Hay (Australian politician) (1865–1941), New Zealand-born member of the Australian House of Representatives Alexander Leith Hay (1758–1838)...
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1851) December 1 – Alexander Leith, British Army officer, died 1859 (d. 1859) December 2 François-André Baudin, French naval officer (d. 1842) François-René...
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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...
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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...
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1851) December 1 – Alexander Leith, British Army officer, died 1859 (d. 1859) December 2 François-André Baudin, French naval officer (d. 1842) François-René...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Merchant Navy (United Kingdom) (redirect from British merchant navy)
The British Merchant Navy is the collective name given to British civilian ships and their associated crews, including officers and ratings. In the UK...
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sighted at this location. James Leith (British Army officer) (1763–1816) Andrew Leith Hay (1785–1862) "Property Details for Leith Hall Garden & Estate". Nts...
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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...
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Hay may refer to: Alexander Leith Hay (1758–1838), British Army general Andrew Hay (British Army officer) (1762–1814), British Army major general Bob...
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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...
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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...
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Royal Navy (redirect from Serving Officer of The 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...
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Trundle, Matthew. Greek Mercenaries: From the Late Archaic Period to Alexander. Routledge, 2004.[ISBN missing] Yalichev, Serge. Mercenaries of the Ancient...
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Thomas Moody (geopolitician) (redirect from Thomas_Moody_(British_Army_officer))
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...
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Baader's and Gudrun Ensslin's death in prison. Leith Passmore (2011): Ulrike Meinhof and the Red Army Faction. Performing Terrorism. Palgrave Macmillan...
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