Edward Blakeney

Edward Blakeney
Edward Blakeney

Field Marshal Sir Edward Blakeney was a British Army officer. After serving as a junior officer with the expedition to Dutch Guiana and being taken prisoner by privateers three times suffering great hardship, he took part in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in 1799. He also joined the expedition to Denmark led by Lord Cathcart in 1807. He went on to command the 2nd Battalion of the 7th Regiment of Foot and then both battalions of that regiment at many of the battles of the Peninsular War. After joining the Duke of Wellington as he marched into Paris in 1815, Blakeney fought in the War of 1812. He then commanded a brigade in the army sent on a mission to Portugal to support the constitutional government against the absolutist forces of Dom Miguel in 1826. His last major appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, a post he held for nearly twenty years.

From *.wikipedia.org,
General Info
.
Male
Date of Birth
March 26th, 1778
Age
246
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
August 2nd, 1868
Died Aged
90
Star Sign
Aries
Social Networks , Links
Interest
Loading Chart...
Relatives
Lists
    index: 1x 0.037891864776611s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.035526037216187s
t_/pages/fms-person-json: 1x 0.03548002243042s
t_/blocks/person-card-json: 1x 0.023539066314697s
headline: 7x 0.012162208557129s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.01111102104187s
router_page: 1x 0.0016129016876221s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.0013809204101562s
head-facts: 1x 0.001349925994873s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00055885314941406s
t_/common/searcher-result: 1x 2.3841857910156E-5s
----- END OF DUMP (2024-11-22 22:14:11)  -----