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James Craufurd (British Army Officer)
General James Robertson Craufurd (1804–1888) was a senior British Army officer. Military career Crauford was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards. He was commander of the Brigade of Guards during the Crimean War. He then became Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards in 1861. He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1863 In 1864, he became colonel of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot. Then, transferring to the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot in 1870. His final promotion was to general in 1871; he retired in 1877. Family Craufurd lived at Princes Gardens in London. He married Elizabeth Georgiana Harriett Harcourt (nee Cavendish), the widow of Charles Harcourt and former sister-in-law of Georges, marquis d'Harcourt Georges-Trevor-Douglas-Bernard d'Harcourt-Olonde (4 November 1808 – 30 November 1883) was a French aristocrat and a 19th-century diplomat. Formally Style (manner of address), styled ''marquis d'Harcourt'', he served as Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurkhas, and 28,330 volunteer reserve personnel. The modern British Army traces back to 1707, with antecedents in the English Army and Scots Army that were created during the Restoration in 1660. The term ''British Army'' was adopted in 1707 after the Acts of Union between England and Scotland. Members of the British Army swear allegiance to the monarch as their commander-in-chief, but the Bill of Rights of 1689 and Claim of Right Act 1689 require parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a peacetime standing army. Therefore, Parliament approves the army by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every five years. The army is administered by the Ministry of Defence and commanded by the Chief of the General Staff. The Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Army Generals
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1888 Deaths
In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late as 2888, which has 14 digits. Events January–March * January 3 – The 91-centimeter telescope at Lick Observatory in California is first used. * January 12 – The Schoolhouse Blizzard hits Dakota Territory, the states of Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, leaving 235 dead, many of them children on their way home from school. * January 13 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. * January 21 – The Amateur Athletic Union is founded by William Buckingham Curtis in the United States. * January 26 – The Lawn Tennis Association is founded in England. * February 6 – Gillis Bildt becomes Prime Minister of Sweden (1888–1889). * February 27 – In West O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1804 Births
Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the short story ''God's Dice'' * ''Eighteen'' (film), a 2005 Canadian dramatic feature film * 18 (British Board of Film Classification), a film rating in the United Kingdom, also used in Ireland by the Irish Film Classification Office * 18 (''Dragon Ball''), a character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise * "Eighteen", a 2006 episode of the animated television series ''12 oz. Mouse'' Music Albums * ''18'' (Moby album), 2002 * ''18'' (Nana Kitade album), 2005 * '' 18...'', 2009 debut album by G.E.M. Songs * "18" (5 Seconds of Summer song), from their 2014 eponymous debut album * "18" (One Direction song), from their 2014 studio album ''Four'' * "18", by Anarbor from their 2013 studio album '' Burnout'' * "I'm Eighteen", by Alice Cooper common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randal Rumley
Major-General Randal Rumley (12 November 1804 – 13 September 1884) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland. Military career Rumley was commissioned into the British Army on 20 December 1824 and served for much of his military career in the 60th Rifles. He became Inspector General of Infantry in April 1861. He was despatched to Canada in 1862 to take command of the 2nd Division as the British Government took steps to strengthen its military forces as a result of tensions created by the Trent Affair. Promoted to major-general on 9 November 1862, he went on to command the troops in the North British District, a role that he had taken up by 1868 and retired from in 1873. Rumley was also colonel of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot from 1870 until its amalgamation into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1881, after which he was Colonel of the 1st Battalion of the new regiment until 1884. He was then made Colonel of the 1st Battalion, 60th Regime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment Of Foot
The 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a Line Regiment of the British Army, raised in 1794. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to form the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1881. History Formation The regiment was raised in Argyll by General Duncan Campbell of Lochnell for John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll as the 98th (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, in response to the threat posed by the French Revolution, on 10 February 1794. The regiment took part in the invasion of the Cape Colony in June 1795 and witnessed the surrender of the colony by Dutch Forces in September 1795. The regiment was re-ranked as the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot in May 1796 before embarking for England in January 1803. Napoleonic Wars A second battalion was raised in Perth in August 1804. The 1st Battalion embarked as part of the Hanover Expedition in December 1805 and, after service in Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Frederick Paulet
Lieutenant General Lord Frederick Paulet, (12 May 1810 – 1 January 1871) was a senior British Army officer. Military career Born the fifth son of the Marquess of Winchester, Paulet was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards. He served in the Crimean War and fought at the Battle of Alma, the Battle of Balaklava and the Battle of Inkerman as well as the Siege of Sevastopol. In 1858 he attended the marriage of Princess Victoria and Prince Frederick in his capacity as ''The Field Officer in Brigade Waiting''. He became Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards in 1863. His last role was as Comptroller and Equerry to the Duchess of Cambridge, a role he was appointed to in 1867. He also became Colonel of the 32nd Regiment of Foot in 1868. He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1870, and died unmarried in 1871. References , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Paulet, Frederick 1810 births 1871 deaths 32nd Regiment of Foot officers British Army lieutenant generals Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Robinson-Montagu, 6th Baron Rokeby
General Henry Robinson-Montague, 6th Baron Rokeby, (2 February 1798 – 25 May 1883) was a senior British Army officer of the 19th century. Military career Born the son of the 4th Baron, Rokeby was commissioned into the 3rd Foot Guards in 1814. He fought at the Battle of Quatre Bras and the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. He fought in the Crimean War as Commander of the 1st Division in 1855. After the war, in 1856, he was appointed to the new post of major-general commanding the Brigade of Guards. He retired from the post five years later in 1861. He was promoted to general in 1869 and retired in 1877. The peerage became extinct on his death on 25 May 1883. He lived at Hazelwood, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire from 1838 until his death. Family In 1826 he married Magdalen Huxley or Hurley, the widow of Frederick Crofts. Their children included: *Hon. Harriet Lydia Montagu, (d. 23 November 1894), she married the 4th Earl of Portarlington; *Hon. Mary Montagu, (d. 6 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges, Marquis D'Harcourt
Georges-Trevor-Douglas-Bernard d'Harcourt-Olonde (4 November 1808 – 30 November 1883) was a French aristocrat and a 19th-century diplomat. Formally Style (manner of address), styled ''marquis d'Harcourt'', he served as List of Ambassadors of France to the United Kingdom, French Ambassador to London from 1875 until 1879. Family Of Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman descent, he was the second son of Amédée Louis André Marie Charles François, marquess, marquis d'Harcourt (1771–1831) by his wife Elizabeth Harcourt (1771–1846), of Pendley Manor, Hertfordshire. On 5 August 1841, he married Jeanne-Paule de Beaupoil (1817–1893), daughter of Louis de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire, Louis-Clair, comte de Sainte-Aulaire and Louise Charlotte Victoire, daughter of :fr:Nicolas Louis Auguste de Grimoard, Nicolas de Grimoard de Beauvoir du Roure de Beaumont, comte de Brison. They had seven children: *Bernard Pierre Louis (1842–1914), marquis d'Harcourt and baron d'Olonde, etc. *Louis-Emman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General
A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. March 2021. Oxford University Press. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/77489?rskey=dCKrg4&result=1 (accessed May 11, 2021) The term ''general'' is used in two ways: as the generic title for all grades of general officer and as a specific rank. It originates in the Tudor period, 16th century, as a shortening of ''captain general'', which rank was taken from Middle French ''capitaine général''. The adjective ''general'' had been affixed to officer designations since the late Middle Ages, late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction. Today, the title of ''general'' is known in some countries as a four-star rank. However, different countries use di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General (United Kingdom)
General (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank achievable by serving officers of the British Army. The rank can also be held by Royal Marines officers in tri-service posts, for example, General Sir Gordon Messenger the former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom), Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff. It ranks above Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), lieutenant-general and, in the Army, is subordinate to the rank of Field marshal (United Kingdom), field marshal, which is now only awarded as an honorary rank. The rank of general has a NATO-code of OF-9, and is a four-star rank. It is equivalent to a Admiral (Royal Navy), full admiral in the Royal Navy or an air chief marshal in the Royal Air Force. Officers holding the ranks of lieutenant-general and Major-general (United Kingdom), major-general may be generically considered to be generals. Insignia A general's insignia is a crossed sword and baton. This appeared o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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