DUKE OF ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICK ALBERT...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V06,
Page 950
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:DUKE OF See also:ARTHUR See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:PATRICK See also:ALBERT See also:CONNAUGHT (1850– )
, third son and seventh See also:child of See also:Queen See also:Victoria, was See also:born at See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham See also:Palace on the 1st of May 2850
.
Being destined for the See also:army, the See also:young See also:prince was entered at the Royal Militaty See also:Academy, See also:Woolwich, in 1866, and gazetted to the Royal See also:Engineers on the 19th of See also:June 1868
.
In the following See also:November he was transferred to the Royal See also:Artillery, and on the 3rd of See also:August 1869 to the See also:Rifle See also:Brigade
.
He became See also:captain in 1871, and, transferred to the 7th Hussars in 1874, was promoted See also:major in 1875, and returned to the Rifle Brigade as See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel in See also:September 1876
.
He was promoted colonel and major-See also:general in 188o, lieutenant-general in 1889, and general in 1893
.
He accompanied the expeditionary force to See also:Egypt in 1882, and commanded the See also:Guards brigade at the See also:battle of Tel-el-Kebir
.
He was mentioned three times in despatches, received the C.B
.
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