 | Edward Churton - Knights and knighthood - 1841 - 240 pages
...Rear-Admiral ; and in 1815, created Knight Commander of the Bath. In 1825, Sir Edward became Vice- Admiral ; and in the following year, was appointed to the command...Navarino. Sir Edward m. Miss Hall, and has issue. Arms — Arg. a fesse embattled, counter-embattled, sa., fretty gu. between three lioncels, passant... | |
 | John Burgoyne - Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777 - 1860 - 282 pages
...Germany. On the 5th of March, 1787, Maj, Gen. Riedefel was advanced to the rank of Lieut. General, and in the following year was appointed to the command of the Brunfwick contingent, which formed part of the German army that was fent to Holland to fupport the... | |
 | John Francis Waller - Biography - 1857 - 230 pages
...sensitive natnre the most poignant grief — almost despair. In 1838 he was made a knight of the hath, and in the following year was appointed to the command of the northern district of England, where the chartists were at that time meditating an insnrrection. His... | |
 | Max von Eelking, William Leete Stone - Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777 - 1868 - 338 pages
...formal reception.1 On the fifth of March, 1787, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general ; and in the following year, was appointed to the command of the Brunswick contingent, which composed a portion of the German army that was sent to Holland to support... | |
 | Max von Eelking - 1868 - 332 pages
...formal reception.1 On the fifth of March, 1787, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general ; and in the following year, was appointed to the command of the Brunswick contingent, which composed a portion of the German army that was sent to Holland to support... | |
 | Henry Montague Hozier - Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 - 1870 - 526 pages
...Lefebvre was made a marshal. At Jena, in 1806, he earned the imperial praise by his splendid valour, and in the following year was appointed to the command of the army besieging Dantzig. The city capitulated, and Lefebvre was created a duke. In 1808 he served in... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 624 pages
...the 1st of June. In 1795 he engaged a French fleet off L'Orient, and took three ships of the line; and in the following year was appointed to the command of the Channel fleet, which he held till April, 1800. He was successively raised to the Irish and English... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 700 pages
...carrying off to Malta his own vessel, the Guillaume Tell, and four others. In 1804 he was nominated viceadmiral ; and in the following year was appointed to the command of the Toulon squadron, with which he succeeded in reaching Cadiz, where he was joined by the Spanish fleet... | |
 | Thomas B. Akins - Halifax (N.S.) - 1895 - 316 pages
...Cornwallia in August, 1763. He did not remain long at Halifax. In 1757 he was gazetted a Major General, and in the following year was appointed to the command of the forces destined for the West Indies. He died before Guadaloupe a short time before the Island was captured.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1897 - 830 pages
...to commodore}. RIM* commanded the rear division at the battle ot the Nile. In 1804 he was nominated vice-admiral; and in the following year was appointed to the command of the Toulon squadron. Having sailed to the Azores, he encountered a Brit, squadron, under Sir Robert Calder,... | |
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In 1804 he was made vice-admiral, and in the following year was appointed to the command of the Toulon squadron. 
