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Alexander Dury, the Glossary

Major-General Alexander Dury (1704 – 1758) was a British soldier who fought in the War of the Austrian Succession.^[1]

36 relations: Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles, Battle of Fontenoy, Battle of Lauffeld, Battle of Saint-Cast, Blackheath, London, Calais, Canterbury, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Duke of Belle-Isle, Doggett's Coat and Badge, Dover, Edinburgh, First-class cricket, Grenadier Guards, Guy Dury, Hugh Mackay (military officer), Huguenots, James Barry, 4th Earl of Barrymore, Joshua Reynolds, Magdalen College, Oxford, Major general (United Kingdom), Maurice de Saxe, Palace of Westminster, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, Raid on Cherbourg, Saint-Cast-le-Guildo, Saint-Malo, Siege of Maastricht (1748), St Mary Abbots, Stirling Castle, Swan upping, Theodore Dury, Tower of London, University of North Carolina Press, War of the Austrian Succession, Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle.
Conflicts in 1758

Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles

Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles (29 September 167824 June 1766) was a French nobleman and soldier.

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Battle of Fontenoy

The Battle of Fontenoy took place on 11 May 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession, near Tournai, then part of the Austrian Netherlands, now in Belgium.

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Battle of Lauffeld

The Battle of Lauffeld, variously known as Lafelt, Laffeld, Lawfeld, Lawfeldt, Maastricht, or Val, took place on 2 July 1747, between Tongeren in modern Belgium, and the Dutch city of Maastricht.

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The Battle of Saint-Cast was a military engagement during the Seven Years' War on the French coast between British naval and land expeditionary forces and French coastal defence forces. Alexander Dury and Battle of Saint-Cast are conflicts in 1758.

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Blackheath, London

Blackheath is an area in Southeast London, straddling the border of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham.

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Calais

Calais (traditionally) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture.

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Canterbury

Canterbury is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974.

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Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Duke of Belle-Isle

Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (22 September 168426 January 1761) was a French general and statesman.

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Doggett's Coat and Badge

Doggett's Coat and Badge is the prize and name for the oldest continuous rowing race in the world.

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Dover

Dover is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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First-class cricket

First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket.

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Grenadier Guards

The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is the most senior infantry regiment of the British Army, being at the top of the Infantry Order of Precedence.

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Guy Dury

Guy Alexander Ingram Dury (4 December 1895 – 10 August 1976) was an English cricketer and British Army officer. Alexander Dury and Guy Dury are Grenadier Guards officers.

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Hugh Mackay (military officer)

Hugh Mackay (c. 1640 – 24 July 1692) was a professional soldier from Sutherlandshire in Scotland, who spent most of his career in the service of William of Orange and later settled in the Dutch Republic.

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Huguenots

The Huguenots were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism.

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James Barry, 4th Earl of Barrymore

James Barry, 4th Earl of Barrymore (1667 – 5 January 1748) was an Irish soldier and Jacobite politician.

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Joshua Reynolds

Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter who specialised in portraits.

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Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford.

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Major general (United Kingdom)

Major general (Maj Gen) is a "two-star" rank in the British Army and Royal Marines. Alexander Dury and Major general (United Kingdom) are British Army major generals.

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Maurice de Saxe

Maurice, Count of Saxony (Hermann Moritz von Sachsen, Maurice de Saxe; 28 October 1696 – 20 November 1750) was a notable soldier, officer and a famed military commander of the 18th century.

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Palace of Westminster

The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England.

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Prince William, Duke of Cumberland

Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (15 April 1721 – 31 October 1765) was the third and youngest son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland and his wife, Caroline of Ansbach. Alexander Dury and Prince William, Duke of Cumberland are Grenadier Guards officers.

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Raid on Cherbourg

The Raid on Cherbourg took place in August 1758 during the Seven Years' War when a British force was landed on the coast of France by the Royal Navy with the intention of attacking the town of Cherbourg as part of the British government's policy of "descents" on the French coasts. Alexander Dury and Raid on Cherbourg are conflicts in 1758.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Dury

Also known as Alexander Dury (British Army officer).

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