Richard Stovin, the Glossary
Lieutenant General Richard Stovin (1761 – 1825) was a British Army officer during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.[1]
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28 relations: American Revolutionary War, Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, Battle of Bergen (1799), Battle of Krabbendam, Battle of Martinique (1794), British Army, Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, East Riding of Yorkshire, Frederick Stovin, French Revolutionary Wars, Green Howards, Invasion of Guadeloupe (1794), Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Peterhouse, Cambridge, Royal Leicestershire Regiment, Saint Lucia, Saint-Domingue, Siege of Yorktown, Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Baronet, St. Lawrence River, Thousand Islands, Treaty of Amiens, Treaty of Paris (1783), Victor Hugues, War of 1812, West Riding of Yorkshire, Whitgift, East Riding of Yorkshire, Wroth Palmer Acland.
- Military personnel from the East Riding of Yorkshire
- People from Goole
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.
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Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland
The Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland (or Anglo-Russian expedition to Holland, or Helder Expedition) was a military campaign from 27 August to 19 November 1799 during the War of the Second Coalition, in which an expeditionary force of British and Russian troops invaded the North Holland peninsula in the Batavian Republic.
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Battle of Bergen (1799)
The Battle of Bergen was fought on 19 September 1799 and resulted in a Franco-Dutch victory under Generals Guillaume Brune and Herman Willem Daendels against the Russians and British under the Duke of York who had landed in North Holland.
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Battle of Krabbendam
The Battle of Krabbendam (also called the Battle of Zijpedijk) of 10 September 1799 was fought during the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland between forces of the French Republic and her ally, the Batavian Republic, under the command of French general Guillaume Marie Anne Brune on one side, and a British division under general Sir Ralph Abercromby on the other.
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Battle of Martinique (1794)
The Battle of Martinique was a successful British invasion of the French colony of Martinique in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary 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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Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey
Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, (circa 23 October 1729 – 14 November 1807) was a British Army general in the 18th century and a scion of the noble House of Grey. Richard Stovin and Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey are British Army lieutenant generals and British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War.
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East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, often abbreviated to the East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.
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Frederick Stovin
General Sir Frederick Stovin (bapt. 27 November 1783England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975 – 16 August 1865) was a British Army officer who served throughout the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. Richard Stovin and Frederick Stovin are British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars, British Army personnel of the War of 1812, military personnel from the East Riding of Yorkshire and People from Goole.
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French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars (Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802.
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Green Howards
The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), frequently known as the Yorkshire Regiment until the 1920s, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, in the King's Division.
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Invasion of Guadeloupe (1794)
The Invasion of Guadeloupe was a British attempt in 1794 to take and hold the island of Guadeloupe in the French West Indies during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen), formerly more commonly lieutenant-general, is a senior rank in the British Army and the Royal Marines.
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Peterhouse, Cambridge
Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely.
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Royal Leicestershire Regiment
The Leicestershire Regiment (Royal Leicestershire Regiment after 1946) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, with a history going back to 1688.
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Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean.
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Saint-Domingue
Saint-Domingue was a French colony in the western portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the area of modern-day Haiti, from 1697 to 1804.
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Siege of Yorktown
The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender at Yorktown, began September 28, 1781, and ended on October 19, 1781, at exactly 10:30 am in Yorktown, Virginia.
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Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Baronet
Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Baronet (26 January 1697 – 29 July 1728) of Killerton Devon was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1727.
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St. Lawrence River
The St.
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Thousand Islands
The Thousand Islands (Mille-Îles) constitute a North American archipelago of 1,864 islands that straddles the Canada–US border in the Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario.
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Treaty of Amiens
The Treaty of Amiens (la paix d'Amiens) temporarily ended hostilities between France, the Spanish Empire, and the United Kingdom at the end of the War of the Second Coalition.
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Treaty of Paris (1783)
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States on September 3, 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the Thirteen Colonies, which had been part of colonial British America, to be free, sovereign and independent states.
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Victor Hugues
Jean-Baptiste Victor Hugues sometimes spelled Hughes (July 20, 1762 in Marseille – August 12, 1826 in Cayenne) was a French politician and colonial administrator during the French Revolution, who governed Guadeloupe from 1794 to 1798, emancipating the island's slaves under orders from the National Convention.
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War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America.
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West Riding of Yorkshire
The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England.
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Whitgift, East Riding of Yorkshire
Whitgift is a small linear village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Twin Rivers, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England approximately east of Goole.
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Wroth Palmer Acland
Lieutenant-General Sir Wroth Palmer Acland KCB (16 March 1770 – 8 March 1816) was an English soldier, notable for his role in the Peninsular War. Richard Stovin and Wroth Palmer Acland are British Army lieutenant generals, British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars and Royal Leicestershire Regiment officers.
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See also
Military personnel from the East Riding of Yorkshire
- Alick Walker
- Cecil Malone
- Claude Burton (cricketer)
- Edwin Mayfield
- Frank Joy
- Frank Mitchell (sportsman, born 1872)
- Frederick Stovin
- George Salvidge
- Gordon Lakes
- Harry Blanshard Wood
- Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
- Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland
- Hugo Hood
- John Simpson (footballer, born 1918)
- John Storr
- Kenny Baker (trumpeter)
- Marmaduke Langdale, 1st Baron Langdale of Holme
- Michael Gray (British Army officer)
- Noel Duckworth
- Philip Stapleton
- Richard Stovin
- Richard Summers (RAF officer)
- Robert Overton
- Robert Stephenson (cricketer)
- Rupert Alec-Smith
- Silston Cory-Wright
- Sir Charles Hotham, 5th Baronet
- Sir Charles Yate, 1st Baronet
People from Goole
- Anne Greaves
- Dorothy Bartlam
- Edwin A. Dawes
- Frederick Stovin
- Gavin Bryars
- Gerard Trower
- Ian Smith (comedian)
- Jemmy Hirst
- John Brian Helliwell
- John de Rednesse
- Richard Emsley
- Richard Stovin
- Tony Melody
- William Arthur Sewell
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stovin
Also known as Stovin, Richard.