BERESFORD, WILLIAM CARR BERESFORD, VISCOUNT

1768–1854, British general. He served with distinction in Egypt (1801–3) and participated (1806) in the capture of Cape Colony (later Cape Province, South Africa) from the Dutch. He captured Buenos Aires in 1806 but held it only briefly before it was retaken by Jacques de Liniers. Beresford occupied Madeira (1807) and for a time was governor of the island. Joining Arthur Wellesley (later duke of Wellington) in Portugal (1808), he successfully reorganized the Portuguese army and was prominent throughout the Peninsular War. Created viscount in 1823, he was master general of ordnance in Wellington's cabinet from 1828 to 1830.

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The Lives of the British Architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers
Book by E. Beresford Chancellor; Duckworth, 1909
Subjects: Architects--Great Britain
...CHAMBERS BY E. BERESFORD CHANCELLOR M.A...from the days of William of Wykeham to those...GIBBS, WOOD OF BATH, CARR OF YORK, RIPLEY...William of Wykeham: Bust...William Kent 224...
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The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth - Vol. 6
Book by Alan G. Hill; Clarendon Press, 2000
Subjects: Authors, English--20th Century--Correspondence, Brothers And Sisters--England, Poets, English--19th Century--Correspondence, Wordsworth, Dorothy--1771-1855--Correspondence, Wordsworth, William--1770-1850--Correspondence
...late venerated Poet-Laureate, William Wordsworth...869. W. W. to Viscount Lowther 14 Feb. 26...1236. W. W. to Viscount Mahon 30 April 567...1256. W. W. to William Strickland...
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The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth - Vol. 5
Book by Alan G. Hill, Ernest De Selincourt; Clarendon Press, 2000
Subjects: Authors, English--20th Century--Correspondence, Brothers And Sisters--England, Poets, English--19th Century--Correspondence, Wordsworth, Dorothy--1771-1855--Correspondence, Wordsworth, William--1770-1850--Correspondence
...Charles James Blomfield 3 March 36 417. W. W. to Viscount Lowther 9 March 46 418. W. W. to William Whewell 12 March 47 419. W. W. to C. W. 13...
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The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth - Vol. 2
Book by Ernest De Selincourt; Clarendon Press, 1967
Subjects: Poets, English--19th Century--Correspondence, Women Authors, English--19th Century--Correspondence, Wordsworth, Dorothy--1771-1855--Correspondence, Wordsworth, William--1770-1850--Correspondence
...author of the Memoir of William Wordsworth , 1851. Priscilla...of Wordsworth , by Mary Carr, 1905. Wordsworth had...God bless thee my dearest William. Thy letter arrived today along...the rain beats. Oh my dear William that thou wast humming thy...
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William Pitt the Younger
Book by Eric J. Evans; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Great Britain--Politics And Government--1760-1820, Pitt, William--1759-1806, Prime Ministers--Great Britain--Biography
...co-editor, David King, and to Jen Carr for reading through the manuscript...south London, the second son of William Pitt the Elder and his wife...were expected to translate William Pitts virtues in standing alone...reality. What is clear is that William Pitt the Younger is well worth...
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Beresford, William Carr Beresford, Viscount
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BERESFORD, WILLIAM CARR BERESFORD, VISCOUNT 1768 1854, British general. He...retaken by Jacques de Liniers . Beresford occupied Madeira (1807) and for a...throughout the Peninsular War . Created viscount in 1823, he was master general of...


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