See also:SIR See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES See also:EDWARD See also:ALEXANDER (1803—1885)
, See also:British soldier and traveller, was See also:born on the 16th of See also:October 1803
.
He joined the See also:East See also:India See also:Company's See also:army in 182o, transferring into the British army in 1825
.
As aide-de-See also:camp to the British See also:envoy to See also:Persia, he was an See also:eye-See also:witness of the fighting in the See also:war between Persia and See also:Russia (1826), and in 1829 was See also:present in the Balkans during the Russo-See also:Turkish war
.
In 1832—1834 he was in See also:Portugal during the Miguelete war, and in 1835 served in the Kaffir war in See also:South See also:Africa as aide-de-camp to See also:Sir See also:Benjamin D'See also:Urban
.
Subsequently he conducted an exploring expedition into See also:Namaqualand and See also:Damaraland, and was knighted for his services (1838)
.
From 1841 to 1855 he served in See also:Canada, proceeding thence to the See also:Crimea, and in 1862 held an important command in New See also:Zealand during the See also:Maori war
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He retired from the service in 1877, and in 1881 was given the honorary See also:rank of See also:general
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He was largely responsible for the preservation and See also:transfer to See also:England of See also:Cleopatra's See also:Needle in 1877
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His varied experiences provided material for a large number of books, among which were Travels from India to England (1827) ; Trans-See also:atlantic Sketches (1833); An Expedition of See also:Discovery into the Interior of Africa (1838) ; Passages in the See also:Life of a Soldier (1857) ; Incidents of the Maori War (1863)
.
He was also the author of a Life of See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
Field-See also:Marshal the See also:Duke of See also:Wellington (184o)
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He died on the 2nd of See also:April 1885
.
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