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Arthur Clifton, the Glossary

General Sir Arthur Benjamin Clifton KSA KSW (17718 March 1869) was a British soldier who fought in the Peninsular War and commanded the Second Union Cavalry Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo on 18June 1815.^[1]

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Army Gold Medal

The Army Gold Medal (1808–1814), also known as the Peninsular Gold Medal, with an accompanying Gold Cross, was a British campaign medal awarded in recognition of field and general officers' successful commands in campaigns, predominantly the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro

At the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro (3–5 May 1811), the Anglo-Portuguese Army under Wellington checked an attempt by the French Army of Portugal under Marshal André Masséna to relieve the besieged city of Almeida.

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Battle of Vitoria

At the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813), a British, Portuguese and Spanish army under the Marquess of Wellington broke the French army under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan near Vitoria in Spain, eventually leading to victory in the Peninsular War.

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Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British Newspaper Archive

The British Newspaper Archive web site provides access to searchable digitized archives of British and Irish newspapers.

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Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart

General Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart (21 December 1783 – 16 July 1859), styled Lord Greenock between 1814 and 1843, was a British Army general who became Governor General of the Province of Canada (26 November 1845 – 30 January 1847). Arthur Clifton and Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart are 11th Hussars officers, British Army generals, Knights Fourth Class of the Military Order of William, Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath and Recipients of the Waterloo Medal.

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Charles Philip de Ainslie

General Charles Philip de Ainslie (18 March 1808 – 23 March 1889) was a British Army officer. Arthur Clifton and Charles Philip de Ainslie are British Army generals.

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Clifton baronets

Two unrelated baronetcies have been created in the surname of Clifton.

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General (United Kingdom)

General (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank achievable by serving officers of the British Army.

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High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire

This is a list of the High Sheriffs of the English county of Nottinghamshire.

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Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian

Lieutenant General Richard Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian (28 July 177520 August 1842), known as Sir Hussey Vivian from 1815 to 1828 and Sir Hussey Vivian, Bt, from 1828 to 1841, was a British cavalry leader from the Vivian family. Arthur Clifton and Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian are 1st The Royal Dragoons officers, Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, People of the Battle of Waterloo and Recipients of the Waterloo Medal.

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Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton

Sir Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton, 8th Baronet (1769–1852) was 8th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire. Arthur Clifton and Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton are People educated at Rugby School.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.

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Old Steine

The Old Steine is a thoroughfare in Brighton city centre, East Sussex, and is the southern terminus of the A23.

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Order of Saint Anna

The Imperial Order of Saint Anna (Орден Святой Анны; also "Order of Saint Anne" or "Order of Saint Ann") was a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry.

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Order of Saint Vladimir

The Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir (орден Святого Владимира) was an Imperial Russian order established on by Empress Catherine II in memory of the deeds of Saint Vladimir, the Grand Prince and the Baptizer of the Kievan Rus'. Arthur Clifton and order of Saint Vladimir are Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir.

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Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725.

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Peninsular War

The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. Arthur Clifton and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha are 11th Hussars officers and Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.

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Royal Guelphic Order

The Royal Guelphic Order (Königlicher Guelphen-Orden), sometimes referred to as the Hanoverian Guelphic Order, is a Hanoverian order of chivalry instituted on 28 April 1815 by the Prince Regent (later King George IV).

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Rugby School

Rugby School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England.

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Sir Robert Clifton, 7th Baronet

Sir Robert Clifton (1767–1837) was 7th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1820. Arthur Clifton and Sir Robert Clifton, 7th Baronet are People educated at Rugby School.

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William Ponsonby (British Army officer)

Major-General Sir William Ponsonby (13 October 177218 June 1815) was an Anglo-Irish politician and British Army officer who served in the Peninsular War and was killed at the Battle of Waterloo. Arthur Clifton and William Ponsonby (British Army officer) are British Army commanders of the Napoleonic Wars and People of the Battle of Waterloo.

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References

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

Also known as Arthur Benjamin Clifton, Clifton, Arthur.