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General Sir George Scovell, (21 March 1774 – 17 January 1861) was a member of the quartermaster's staff of the British Army in Iberia during the Peninsular War.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 34 relations: Adjutant, Army Gold Medal, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Battle of Corunna, Battle of Vitoria, Battle of Waterloo, British Army, Broughton, Lancashire, Cavalry Staff Corps, Cirencester, Cornet (rank), Edward Paget, General officer, Great Cipher, Guildford, Harry Jones (British Army officer), Hope Grant, Iberian Peninsula, James Charles Dalbiac, Joseph Bonaparte, List of governors and commandants of Sandhurst, London, Napoleon, Napoleonic Wars, Officer (armed forces), Order of Saint Vladimir, Order of the Bath, Peninsular War, Quartermaster, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Waterloo Medal, William Salter (artist), 4th Queen's Own Hussars.

  2. 19th-century cryptographers
  3. 4th Queen's Own Hussars officers

Adjutant

Adjutant is a military appointment given to an officer who assists the commanding officer with unit administration, mostly the management of human resources in an army unit.

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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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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish military officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving twice as British prime minister. George Scovell and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington are Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath and Recipients of the Waterloo Medal.

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Battle of Corunna

The Battle of Corunna (or A Coruña, La Corunna, La Coruña or La Corogne), in Spain known as Battle of Elviña, took place on 16 January 1809, when a French corps under Marshal of the Empire Jean de Dieu Soult attacked a British army under Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore.

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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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Broughton, Lancashire

Broughton is a village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England, approximately north of Preston city centre.

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Cavalry Staff Corps

The Cavalry Staff Corps (also known as the Staff Corps of Cavalry, Staff Dragoons, or Corps of Gendarmerie) was a unit formed during the Napoleonic Wars to keep discipline in the British Army.

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Cirencester

Cirencester (see below for more variations) is a market town in Gloucestershire, England, west of London.

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Cornet (rank)

Cornet is a military rank formerly used by the armed forces of some countries.

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Edward Paget

General Sir Edward Paget (3 November 1775 – 13 May 1849) was a British Army officer. George Scovell and Edward Paget are British Army generals and Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.

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Great Cipher

The Great Cipher (French: Grand chiffre) was a nomenclator cipher developed by the Rossignols, several generations of whom served the French monarchs as cryptographers.

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Guildford

Guildford is a town in west Surrey, England, around south-west of central London.

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Harry Jones (British Army officer)

General Sir Henry David Jones DCL (14 March 1791 – 4 August 1866) was a British Army officer who became Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. George Scovell and Harry Jones (British Army officer) are British Army generals, British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars and Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.

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Hope Grant

General Sir James Hope Grant, GCB (22 July 1808 – 7 March 1875) was a British Army officer. George Scovell and Hope Grant are British Army generals and Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.

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Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula (IPA), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe, defining the westernmost edge of Eurasia.

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James Charles Dalbiac

Lieutenant-General Sir James Charles Dalbiac, (1776–1847) was a British Army officer and Member of Parliament. George Scovell and James Charles Dalbiac are 4th Queen's Own Hussars officers.

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Joseph Bonaparte

Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Giuseppe di Buonaparte,; Ghjuseppe Napulione Bonaparte; José Napoleón Bonaparte; 7 January 176828 July 1844) was a French statesman, lawyer, diplomat and older brother of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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List of governors and commandants of Sandhurst

This is a list of the governors and commandants of the Royal Military College, first at Great Marlow (1802–1812), then at Sandhurst (1813–1939), and of its successor on the same site, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (1947 to date).

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.

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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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Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service.

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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'.

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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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Quartermaster

Quartermaster is a military term, the meaning of which depends on the country and service.

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Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS or RMA Sandhurst), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is one of several military academies of the United Kingdom and is the British Army's initial officer training centre.

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Royal Military College, Sandhurst

The Royal Military College (RMC), founded in 1801 and established in 1802 at Great Marlow and High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England, but moved in October 1812 to Sandhurst, Berkshire, was a British Army military academy for training infantry and cavalry officers of the British and Indian Armies.

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Waterloo Medal

The Waterloo Medal is a military decoration that was conferred upon every officer, non-commissioned officer and soldier of the British Army (including members of the King's German Legion) who took part in one or more of the following battles: Ligny (16 June 1815), Quatre Bras (16 June 1815) and Waterloo (18 June 1815). George Scovell and Waterloo Medal are Recipients of the Waterloo Medal.

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William Salter (artist)

William Salter (1804 – 22 December 1875) was an English portrait painter of the 19th century.

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4th Queen's Own Hussars

The 4th Queen's Own Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685.

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See also

19th-century cryptographers

4th Queen's Own Hussars officers

References

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

Also known as Scovell, George.