General Sir Alexander Duff GCH (1777 – 21 March 1851) was a British Army officer of the Napoleonic era. Duff was the second son of Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl...
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Alexander Duff may refer to: Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl Fife (1731–1811), Scottish nobleman Sir Alexander Duff (British Army officer) (1777–1851), Scottish...
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Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich, GCMG, DSO, PC (22 February 1890 – 1 January 1954), known as Duff Cooper, was a British Conservative Party politician...
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This is a list of serving senior officers of the British Army. It includes currently serving generals, lieutenant generals, major generals, and brigadiers...
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Alexander William George Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, KG, KT, GCVO, VD, PC (10 November 1849 – 29 January 1912), styled Viscount Macduff between 1857 and 1879...
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age eleven. He married Mary Duff (sister of William Duff, 1st Earl Fife) and they had one daughter. At the 1734 British general election, he was returned...
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Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander William Lawrence, was born the son of a mill owner from Coleraine, County Londonderry, entered the service of the British Army and achieved...
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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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descendant of British Army officer Alexander Spotswood and of Catherine Carey, the presumed illegitimate daughter of Henry VIII. Duff has been involved...
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Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Grant Duff, C.B. (29 September 1869 – 14 September 1914), was a British officer and administrator. He was responsible for creating...
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Biographies. "General Sir George Murray, GCB GCH FRS". Bob Burnham: The British Army Against Napoleon, p259 "No. 19222". The London Gazette. 19 December 1834...
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Indian Army alternated between senior officers of the British and Indian Armies. In 1914, the Commander–in–Chief was General Sir Beauchamp Duff of the...
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Stephens, H. M. (23 September 2004). "Fane, Sir Henry (1778–1840), army officer". In Lunt, James (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed...
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the Hon. Alexander Duff, who succeeded his brother as third Earl Fife in 1809. He was educated at Edinburgh and was not intended for the army. On 9 September...
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John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (category British Army personnel of World War I)
Bars, MVO, MC (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946) was a senior British Army officer. As a young officer during the First World War, he was decorated with the Victoria...
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Vietnam. Jennifer Anne Tudor Larby. Executive Officer, British Legion Kenya. For services to the British and Commonwealth ex-services community in Kenya...
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the British Officer's Monthly (1811), p. 278 A List of the Officers of the Army and of the Corps of Royal Marines on Full and Half Pay (Great Britain War...
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General Sir Edward Barnes, GCB (28 October 1776 – 19 March 1838) was a British soldier who became governor of Ceylon. Barnes joined the 47th Regiment...
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Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart GCB, KCSI (2 September 1841 – 18 March 1900) was a British General in the British Indian Army. Lockhart was born...
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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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IV by his mistress, the actress Dorothy Jordan. Lady Agnes Duff's brother, Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, was the husband of Louise, Princess Royal...
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William Birdwood (category British Militia officers)
GCSI, GCMG, GCVO, CIE, DSO, (13 September 1865 – 17 May 1951) was a British Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boer War on the staff of Lord...
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Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey (redirect from Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey)
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey, GCVO, CStJ, DL (14 April 1885 – 21 February 1947) was a British peer, farmer and soldier...
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1946 New Year Honours (MBE) (section Army)
Robert Alexander Chapman Laidlaw, Superintendent of Scripture Readers with the British Army of the Rhine. Lawrence Francis Lalor, Principal Staff Officer, War...
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philanthropist in Toronto, Ontario John Duff Robertson (1873–1939), politician in Saskatchewan John Alexander Robertson (1913–1965), Canadian Senator...
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January 1858) was the 18th General Officer Commanding, Ceylon. He was a member of the Smelt family. He joined the British Army as a Cornet in 1798. In 1814...
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Allied leaders of World War I (section British Empire)
Army Abdullah bin Hussein – Commander of the Eastern Arab Army Ali bin Hussein – Commander of the Southern Arab Army T. E. Lawrence – British Officer...
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List of people educated at Fettes College (category Use British English from January 2017)
General Staff Freddie Scott, British Army officer Robert Walmsley, Royal Navy Vice-Admiral. Robert Whigham, former British Adjutant-General to the Forces...
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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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Family of David Cameron (category Use British English from November 2010)
daughter of Sir Alfred Cooper and Lady Agnes Duff (sister of Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife) was a sister of Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich, the Conservative...
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