The Governor of Inverness or Governor of Fort George and Fort Augustus was a British Army officer who commanded the garrisons at Fort George and Fort Augustus...
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Inverness (/ˌɪnvərˈnɛs/ ; Scots: Innerness; from the Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Nis [iɲɪɾʲˈniʃ], meaning "Mouth of the River Ness") is a city in the Scottish...
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Henry Hawley (category British Army personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession)
Austrian Succession ended in 1748, he was appointed Governor of Inverness; in 1752, he became Governor of Portsmouth, near his home in Hartley Wintney, where...
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Henry Hawley (1685–1759), Governor of Inverness, and later Governor of Portsmouth James H. Hawley (1847–1929), ninth Governor of Idaho Joseph R. Hawley (1826–1905)...
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Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, and frequently acting governor William Caulfield, Deputy Governor of Fort George, subsidiary to the Governor of Inverness, c...
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Charles Howard (British Army officer) (category British Army personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession)
created a Knight of the Bath. He was appointed Governor of Fort George and Fort Augustus (Governor of Inverness) for life in 1752 and in 1765, three months...
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Inverness Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Inbhir Nis) sits on a cliff overlooking the River Ness in Inverness, Scotland. A succession of castles have...
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George Wade (category British military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession)
1897). Paper entitled General Wade & his Roads. Inverness Scientific Society. "Highlander: The History of the Legendary Highland Soldier" (PDF). British...
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Alexander Pilche (category People from Inverness)
the administration and overlordship of King Edward I of England. He was the Governor of Inverness Castle on behalf of the English in 1304, before being...
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Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet (category Governors of the Cape Colony)
successful campaign to capture Cape Town of which he eventually became the Governor. Baird's role in the capture of Cape Town is described in some detail...
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HM Prison Inverness, also known as Porterfield Prison, is located in the Crown area of Inverness, Scotland, and serves the courts of the Highlands and...
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George Murray (British Army officer) (redirect from George Murray (Governor-General))
of the Staff of the Army of Occupation in France ; Commander of the Forces in Ireland, and twice Master-General of the Ordnance. He was Governor of this...
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William Caulfeild (British Army officer) (category British Army personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745)
quartermaster to Sir John Cope. In 1747, he was also made Deputy Governor of Inverness Castle. Caulfeild had at least one son, whom he named Wade Toby...
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William Dalrymple (British Army officer) (category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies)
Lt. Governor of Royal Hospital Chelsea 22 Mar 1798 to 2 Apr 1804; and 19 Oct. 1804 to his death. He was Colonel of the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot...
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Studholme Hodgson (category British Army personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745)
negotiations leading up to the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Promoted to lieutenant general on 23 March 1765, he became Governor of Fort George and Fort Augustus in...
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with Inverness and the surrounding area since the Clan's founder gained lands there in the 13th century. The Clan Fraser of Lovat in Inverness-shire...
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The Governor of Fort William was a British Army officer who commanded the garrison at Fort William in Inverness-shire. The office became a sinecure and...
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Peter Simpson states that Colonel Munro (Sir Robert) was for a time governor of Inverness and that he, along with some regular troops forced the rebel Mackenzies...
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Miles Macdonell (category People from Inverness)
born in Inverness, Scotland, around 1767. In 1773, his father, Colonel John MacDonell of Scothouse (Spanish John), Inverness-shire, and three of his cousins...
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Independent Highland Companies (category History of the Scottish Highlands)
was for a time governor of Inverness, and forced the rebel Mackenzies to give up their arms at Brahan Castle. Munro along with parties of Grants, Rosses...
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May 2021. "Petition urges Queen to strip Prince Andrew of Earl of Inverness title". Inverness Courier. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2020. Meighan...
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Outlander is a historical drama television series based on the Outlander series of historical time travel novels by Diana Gabaldon. Developed by Ronald D. Moore...
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of the Name', by Alexander Mackenzie MJI (Inverness : A. & W. Mackenzie, 1896). Pages 552-554 and pages 558-559 Simon Fraser at Oxford Dictionary of National...
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The siege of Inverness (also known as the siege of Fort George) took place in February 1746 and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1745. By early February...
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NBC Saturday Night at the Movies and The F.B.I. Dick York missed a total of 14 episodes during his five years on the show (1964–1969). The first due to...
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family estates in Inverness-shire he became Member of Parliament and a director of the East India Company. John Baillie was born at Inverness on 10 May 1772...
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Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg (category Presidents of the Board of Control)
Glenelg, of Glenelg in the County of Inverness. His term of office was a stormy one. His differences with Sir Benjamin d'Urban, Governor of Cape Colony...
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28 September 1995) Hon. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Ramsay of Mar (born 15 April 1963, Inverness) "Captain Alexander Ramsay". Herald Scotland. 22 December...
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The siege of Inverness that took place in November 1715 was part of the Jacobite rising of 1715. The town of Inverness and Inverness Castle were being...
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a Knight of the Garter on 2 June 1786, and installed by dispensation on 28 May 1801. The King created him Duke of Sussex, Earl of Inverness, and Baron...
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