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DUKE OF ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICK ALBERT...

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 950 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DUKE OF See also:ARTHUR See also: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 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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