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WILLIAM MILLER (1795-1861)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 465 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WILLIAM See also:MILLER (1795-1861)  , See also:British soldier, who took a prominent See also:part in the See also:South See also:American See also:Wars of Liberation, entered the British See also:artillery service in 1811, and till 1814 he was continuously on active service with See also:Wellington's See also:army in the See also:Peninsula . In the latter See also:year he accompanied the See also:ill-fated New See also:Orleans expedition . After the See also:general See also:peace he travelled for two years about See also:Europe, and then went to South See also:America . The See also:war which culminated in the See also:expulsion of the Spaniards was just breaking out, and he took command in the Chilean artillery, with which he served during the Chilean part of the war . As a See also:major he commanded the See also:marines on Cochrane's See also:vessel, the " O'See also:Higgins." In 1821 he landed in See also:Peru, to assist General See also:San See also:Martin against the See also:Spanish General Canterac . He was made general of See also:brigade, and became very intimate with See also:Simon See also:Bolivar . He rendered the most conspicuous services at See also:Junin (Aug . 6, 1824), and his See also:regiment, the " Hussars of Junin," covered itself with See also:glory in the decisive victory of See also:Ayacucho (Dec . 9, 1824) . From 183o to 1839 he filled various high military and See also:political offices in Peru . In the latter year he was involved in the fall of See also:Santa Cruz, and went into See also:exile . For some years he filled the See also:post of British See also:Consul-General of the Pacific See also:Coast .

He died on See also:

board H.M.S . " Naiad " at See also:Callao, on the 31st of See also:October 1861 . See the See also:Memoirs published by his bro thee See also:John See also:Miller (See also:London,' 827) .

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