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Thomas Howard (British Army Officer, Born 1684)
Lieutenant-General Thomas Howard (1684 – 31 March 1753) was an officer of the British Army and the ancestor of the family of the present Earls of Effingham. Biography Background He was the only surviving son of George Howard of Great Bookham, by his wife Ann, daughter of Thomas Kidder, of Lewes. William Courthope ed., ''Debrett's Peerage'', 22nd edition (1838p. 208Granville Leveson-GowerThe Howards of Effinghamin ''Surrey Archaeological Collections''vol. IX(1888). Pedigree facing p. 436. George Howard was a younger son of Sir Charles Howard of Eastwick and a great-great-grandson of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham through his second son Sir William Howard of Lingfield; George's elder brother Francis had succeeded as fifth Baron Howard of Effingham in 1681.Patrick Cracroft-BrennanHoward of Effingham, Baron (E, 1553/4)in ''Cracroft's Peerage'' (2012). Retrieved 31 March 2013. Thomas Howard was baptised at Great Bookham on 13 August 1684. His father died on 13 Decemb ... [...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] |
33rd Regiment Of Foot
The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, forming part of the King's Division. In 1702, Colonel George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, was authorised to raise a new regiment, which he did in and around the city of Gloucester. As was the custom in those days the regiment was named Huntingdon's Regiment after its Colonel. As Colonel succeeded Colonel the name changed, but in 1751 regiments were given numbers, and the regiment was from that time officially known as the 33rd Regiment of Foot. In 1782, the regiment's title was changed to the 33rd (or First Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment, thus formalising an association with the West Riding of Yorkshire which, even then, had been long established. The first Duke of Wellington died in 1852 and in the following year Queen Victoria, in recognition of the regiment's long ties to him, ordered that the regiment's title be changed to the 33rd (or The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Berwick
Below is a list of those who have held the office of Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed, including the garrison at Holy Island (during English occupation of the Royal Burgh): Governors of Berwick-upon-Tweed For Scotland * 1295 -1296 Sir William Douglas * 1328 - 1333 Sir Alexander de Seton, Lord of Seton & Winchburgh * 1333 Sir William Keith * 1333 Patrick de Dunbar For England *1302: Edmund Hasting *1440-?: Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland For Scotland *1461 Sir Robert Lauder *1474: David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford *1478: Sir Robert Lauder (again) *1482: Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord Hailes For England *1484-?: Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland *?–1539: Sir Thomas Clifford *1539–?: William Eure, 1st Baron Eure (died 1548) *1553–?: John Conyers, 3rd Baron Conyers (died 1557) *1559–1562: William Grey, 13th Baron Grey de Wilton *1564-1568: Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford *1568-1596: Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon *1596–1598: John Carey, 3rd Baron Huns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl Of Stair
Field Marshal John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair (20 July 16739 May 1747) was a Scottish soldier and diplomat. He served in the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession and, after a period as British Ambassador in Paris, became a military commander at the Battle of Dettingen during the War of the Austrian Succession. Early military career Born the son of John Dalrymple, 2nd Viscount Stair (and later 1st Earl of Stair) and Elizabeth Dalrymple (née Dundas), Dalrymple accidentally killed his brother in a shooting accident in April 1682 and thereafter spent most of his early life in the Netherlands where he studied at Leiden University. He joined up as a volunteer for the Nine Years' War with the Earl of Angus's Regiment and fought at the Battle of Steenkerque in August 1692.Heathcote, p.97 At Steenkerque he rallied his regiment several times when the ranks had been broken by cannon fire. In 1695 he became Master of Stair when his father succeeded to the Viscountcy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pragmatic Army
The Pragmatic Army was an army which served during the War of the Austrian Succession. It was formed in 1743 by George II, who was both King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, and consisted of a mixture of British, Irish and German forces. It was designed to uphold the Pragmatic Sanction in support of George's ally Maria Theresa of Austria and took its name from this. When her father Emperor Charles VI died in 1740, Maria Theresa was attacked by several enemies including Frederick the Great of Prussia, who seized Silesia and then by a wider coalition led by France. Britain was staunch in backing Maria Theresa, but in his dual role George as Elector of Hanover signed a neutrality with France, a position that caused political controversy in London. Despite his professed neutrality as Elector of Hanover, George agreed to send a large detachment of the Hanoverian Army along with allied Hessian troops in British pay to take part in the war effort. He justified this by saying th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Howard (British Army Officer)
General Sir Charles Howard KB (c. 1696 – 26 August 1765), styled The Honourable from birth, was a British soldier and politician. Background He was the second son of the 3rd Earl of Carlisle and Lady Anne de Vere Capell, daughter of the 1st Earl of Essex. Howard was a Groom of the Bedchamber from 1714 to 1727 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Carlisle from 1727 to 1761. Military career He was commissioned an ensign in the 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards on 10 April 1715. He was promoted to captain of a company of the 16th Regiment of Foot on 10 June 1717. He briefly transferred to Wynne's Dragoons, and on 21 April 1719, returned to the 2nd Foot Guards as captain of a company and lieutenant-colonel in the Army. In 1725, Howard was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Carlisle and in 1734 colonel and aide-de-camp to King George II of Great Britain. In 1738, he received the command of the 19th Regiment of Foot, which under him became known as The Green Howards. His regiment took par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Howards
The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), frequently known as the Yorkshire Regiment until the 1920s, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, in the King's Division. Raised in 1688, it served under various titles until it was amalgamated with the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding), all Yorkshire-based regiments in the King's Division, to form the Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) on 6 June 2006. History Formation to end 18th century The regiment was formed during the 1688 Glorious Revolution from independent companies raised in Devon by Colonel Francis Luttrell, to support William III. In 1690, it supplied detachments for Ireland and Jamaica, incurring heavy losses from disease, including Luttrell who was replaced by Thomas Erle. Transferred to Flanders in early 1692 during the Nine Years' War, it was present at the battles of Steenkerque and Landen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Regiment Of Foot
Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (other) * Third Avenue (other) * Highway 3 Music Music theory *Interval number of three in a musical interval **major third, a third spanning four semitones **minor third, a third encompassing three half steps, or semitones **neutral third, wider than a minor third but narrower than a major third **augmented third, an interval of five semitones **diminished third, produced by narrowing a minor third by a chromatic semitone *Third (chord), chord member a third above the root *Degree (music), three away from tonic **mediant, third degree of the diatonic scale **submediant, sixth degree of the diatonic scale – three steps below the tonic **chromatic mediant, chromatic relationship by thirds *Ladder of thirds, similar to the circle of fifths Albums *''Third/Sister Lovers'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tatton
William Tatton (1659–1736) was a career soldier in the British Army who rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General. Career As a trusted associate of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough throughout the War of the Spanish Succession, in April 1704 the Duke appointed him Colonel of the Horse Guards. In August 1704 he led the advance party for the Duke's bold dash to the River Danube, which led to the crushing defeat of the French and Bavarian forces at the Battle of Blenheim. After this victory, Tatton was made Colonel of a Foot Regiment (which would later become the 24th Regiment of Foot and the South Wales Borderers), a post he held until 1708. After the war, the Army was involved in suppressing the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, when Tatton was responsible for bringing convicted rebels to London to be imprisoned. He finally reached the rank of Lieutenant-General. From 24 November 1729 until his death, he was Colonel of The Buffs, the 3rd Regiment of Foot, then still known as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Primrose (British Army Officer) (1848–1935), Scottish amateur footballer
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Gilbert Primrose may refer to: * Gilbert Primrose (minister) (c. 1580–1641), Scottish Calvinist minister * Gilbert Primrose (surgeon) (c. 1535–1616), Scottish surgeon * Gilbert E. Primrose Gilbert Edward Primrose (27 February 1848 – 16 February 1935) was a Scottish amateur sportsman who made one appearance for the Scottish football XI against England in the representative match played in February 1871. He later settled in Helid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brevet Rank
In many of the world's military establishments, a brevet ( or ) was a warrant giving a commissioned officer a higher rank title as a reward for gallantry or meritorious conduct but may not confer the authority, precedence, or pay of real rank. An officer so promoted was referred to as being brevetted (for example, "he was brevetted major general"). The promotion would be noted in the officer's title (for example, "Bvt. Maj. Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain" or "Bvt. Col. Arthur MacArthur"). It is not to be confused with a ''Brevet d'état-major'' in Francophone European military circles, where it is an award, nor should it be confused with temporary commissions. France In France, ''brevet'' is a word with a very broad meaning, which includes every document giving a capacity to a person. For instance, the various military speciality courses, such as military parachutism, are ended by the award of a brevet. The more important brevet in the French military is the one of the École ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Brihuega
The Battle of Brihuega took place on 8 December 1710 in the War of the Spanish Succession, during the allied retreat from Madrid to Barcelona. The British rearguard under Lord Stanhope was cut off within the town of Brihuega and overwhelmed by a Franco-Spanish army under the duc de Vendôme. Brihuega with other events brought an end to the British participation in the war. Prelude In 1710, victories at the Battle of Almenara (July 27) and the Battle of Saragossa (August 20) allowed the Grand Alliance army supporting Archduke Charles to occupy Madrid for the second time. On 21 September the Archduke—Charles III of Spain, according to the Allies—entered his prospective capital. But the invasion of 1710 proved to be a repetition of the invasion of 1706: The Alliance's 23,000 men, reduced by a loss of 2,000 in the actions at Almenara and Saragossa, by constant skirmishes with the '' guerrilleros'', and by disease, were unequal to the task of holding their conque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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