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William Ponsonby (British Army officer), the Glossary

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.^[1]

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Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Tipperary constituencies

Acts of Union 1800

The Acts of Union 1800 were parallel acts of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland (previously in personal union) to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Alexander Stewart (Londonderry MP, born 1746)

Alexander Stewart (1746–1831), known as Alexander Stewart of Ards, was an Irish landowner and member of parliament. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and Alexander Stewart (Londonderry MP, born 1746) are members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Londonderry constituencies (1801–1922) and uK MPs 1812–1818.

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Anglo-Irish people

Anglo-Irish people denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland.

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Arthur Clifton

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. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and Arthur Clifton are British Army commanders of the Napoleonic Wars and people of the Battle of Waterloo.

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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. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington are British Army commanders of the Napoleonic Wars, Irish MPs 1790–1797 and people of the Battle of Waterloo.

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Bandonbridge (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Bandonbridge was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

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Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly

Baron Ponsonby, of Imokilly in County Cork, also referred to as Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly, in the County of Cork, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly are Ponsonby family.

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Battle of Ballinamuck

The Battle of Ballinamuck (8 September 1798) marked the defeat of the main force of the French incursion during the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland.

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Battle of Majadahonda

The Battle of Majadahonda (11 August 1812) saw an Imperial French cavalry division led by Anne-François-Charles Trelliard attack two brigades of cavalry under Benjamin d'Urban and forming the advance guard of Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Wellington's army.

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Battle of Salamanca

The Battle of Salamanca (in French and Spanish known as the Battle of the Arapiles) took place on 22July 1812.

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Battle of the Pyrenees

The Battle of the Pyrenees was a large-scale offensive (the author David Chandler recognises the 'battle' as an offensive) launched on 25 July 1813 by Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult from the Pyrénées region on Emperor Napoleon's order, in the hope of relieving French garrisons under siege at Pamplona and San Sebastián.

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Battle of Toulouse (1814)

The Battle of Toulouse took place on April 10, 1814, just four days after Napoleon's surrender of the French Empire to the Sixth Coalition, marking one of the final conflicts of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Battle of Villagarcia

In the Battle of Villagarcia (also known as the Battle of Llerena) on 11 April 1812, British cavalry commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton Cotton routed a French cavalry force led by Général de Brigade Charles Lallemand at the village of Villagarcia in the Peninsular War.

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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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Bishop of Exeter

The Bishop of Exeter is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury.

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Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough

Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough (1679 – 4 July 1758), was a British politician and peer. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough are Ponsonby family.

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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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Broderick Chinnery

Sir Broderick Chinnery, 1st Baronet (13 February 1742 – May 1808), was an Irish politician and baronet. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and Broderick Chinnery are Irish MPs 1790–1797, Irish MPs 1798–1800 and members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies.

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Cavalry

Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback.

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Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton

General Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton (25 June 1737 – 21 March 1797) was a British Army officer who served in the Seven Years' War and a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1759 to 1780.

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Charles Talbot (priest)

Charles Talbot (26 October 1769 – 28 February 1823) was an English churchman, Dean of Exeter from 1802, and Dean of Salisbury from 1809.

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Charles Talbot (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir Charles Talbot KCB (1 November 1801 – 8 August 1876) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.

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Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry

Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, (born Charles William Stewart; 1778–1854) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman, a British soldier and a politician. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry are Irish MPs 1798–1800, members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Londonderry constituencies (1801–1922) and uK MPs 1812–1818.

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Daniel Gahan

Sir Daniel Gahan (1671–1713) was an Anglo-Irish politician. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and Daniel Gahan are members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies.

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Edward Hodges Baily

Edward Hodges Baily (10 March 1788 – 22 May 1867; sometimes misspelled Bailey) was a prolific British sculptor responsible for numerous public monuments, portrait busts, statues and exhibition pieces as well as works in silver.

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Eton College

Eton College is a 13–18 public fee-charging and boarding secondary school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, England.

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Fethard (County Tipperary) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Fethard was a constituency in County Tipperary represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

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First Parliament of the United Kingdom

In the first Parliament to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801, the first House of Commons of the United Kingdom was composed of all 558 members of the former Parliament of Great Britain and 100 of the members of the House of Commons of Ireland.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Frederick Keppel (bishop)

Frederick Keppel (19 January 1728 – 27 December 1777) was a Church of England clergyman, Bishop of Exeter.

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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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George Robert Dawson

George Robert Dawson (24 December 1790 – 3 April 1856), was an Anglo-Irish Tory politician. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and George Robert Dawson are members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Londonderry constituencies (1801–1922) and uK MPs 1812–1818.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Hundred Days

The Hundred Days (les Cent-Jours), also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition (Guerre de la Septième Coalition), marked the period between Napoleon's return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815 (a period of 110 days).

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Irish House of Commons

The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until the end of 1800.

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Irish Rebellion of 1798

The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster-Scots: The Hurries, 1798 Rebellion) was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland.

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James Hamilton (British Army officer, born 1777)

Lieutenant colonel James Inglis Hamilton (born Jamie Anderson, 4 July 1777 – 18 June 1815) was a Colonel in the British Army killed at the Battle of Waterloo. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and James Hamilton (British Army officer, born 1777) are 1815 deaths, British Army commanders of the Napoleonic Wars, British military personnel killed in action in the Napoleonic Wars and people of the Battle of Waterloo.

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Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon

Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon (29 July 176525 January 1844) was a Marshal of France and a soldier in the Grande Armée during the Napoleonic Wars. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon are people of the Battle of Waterloo.

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John Le Marchant (British Army officer, born 1766)

Major-General John Gaspard Le Marchant (9 February 1766 – 22 July 1812) was a British Army officer. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and John Le Marchant (British Army officer, born 1766) are British Army major generals and British military personnel killed in action in the Napoleonic Wars.

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John Ponsonby (politician)

John Ponsonby, PC (Ire) (29 March 171316 August 1787) was an Anglo-Irish politician. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and John Ponsonby (politician) are Ponsonby family.

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Joseph Muter

Sir Joseph Muter (178023October 1840) was a British Army officer who fought in the Peninsular War and led the Inniskilling Dragoons at the Battle of Waterloo on 18June 1815. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and Joseph Muter are people of the Battle of Waterloo.

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Kilkenny College

Kilkenny College is a Church of Ireland co-educational day and boarding secondary school located in Kilkenny, in the South-East of Ireland.

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Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency

Lodge Evans de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency PC (26 January 1747 – 21 September 1822), known as Lodge Morres until 1800 and as The Lord Frankfort between 1800 and 1816, was an Irish politician. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency are Irish MPs 1790–1797, Irish MPs 1798–1800 and members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies.

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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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Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)

Londonderry was a parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, as well as a constituency in elections to various regional bodies.

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Lord Charles Manners (British Army officer, born 1780)

General Lord Charles Henry Somerset Manners, KCB (24 October 1780 – 25 May 1855) was a British soldier and nobleman, the second son of Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland and Lady Mary Somerset. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and Lord Charles Manners (British Army officer, born 1780) are uK MPs 1812–1818.

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Lord George Beresford

Lieutenant-General Lord George Thomas de la Poer Beresford, (12 February 1781 – 26 October 1839) was an Anglo-Irish soldier, courtier and politician. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and Lord George Beresford are members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Londonderry constituencies (1801–1922) and uK MPs 1812–1818.

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Major general

Major general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Major general (United Kingdom)

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

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Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Michael Wilding

Michael Charles Gauntlet Wilding (23 July 1912 – 8 July 1979) was an English stage, television, and film actor.

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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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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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Richard Beadon

Richard Beadon (15 April 1737 – 21 April 1824) was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge 1781–1789 and later Vice-Chancellor of the University, Bishop of Gloucester and Bishop of Bath and Wells.

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Robert O'Callaghan

Lieutenant-General Sir Robert William O'Callaghan (October 1777 – 9 June 1840) was a British Army officer and politician. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and Robert O'Callaghan are Irish MPs 1798–1800, members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies and Younger sons of barons.

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Royal Scots Greys

The Royal Scots Greys was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707 until 1971, when they amalgamated with the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) to form the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.

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Siege of Badajoz (1812)

The Siege of Badajoz (16 March – 6 April 1812), also called the Third Siege of Badajoz, was an Anglo-Portuguese Army under the Earl of Wellington (later the Duke of Wellington) besieged Badajoz, Spain, and forced the surrender of the French garrison.

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Siege of Burgos

At the siege of Burgos, from 19 September to 21 October 1812, the Anglo-Portuguese Army led by General Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington tried to capture the castle of Burgos from its French garrison under the command of General of Brigade Jean-Louis Dubreton.

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Sir William à Court, 1st Baronet

Sir William Pierce Ashe à Court, 1st Baronet (– 22 July 1817) was a British soldier and Member of Parliament (MP).

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St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London.

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The Honourable

The Honourable (Commonwealth English) or The Honorable (American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: Hon., Hon'ble, or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions.

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Thomas Barton (Irish MP)

Thomas Barton (26 January 1757 – 1820) of Grove House and Clonmel, County Tipperary, and St Stephen's Green, Dublin, was an Irish landowner and politician. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and Thomas Barton (Irish MP) are Irish MPs 1790–1797 and members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Tipperary constituencies.

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Tories (British political party)

The Tories were a loosely organised political faction and later a political party, in the Parliaments of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Waterloo (1970 film)

Waterloo (Ватерлоо) is a 1970 English-language epic historical war film about the Battle of Waterloo.

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William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire

William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, (26 September 1698 – 5 December 1755) was a British nobleman and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1729 when he inherited the Dukedom.

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William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby

William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby (of Imokilly), (15 September 17445 November 1806) was a leading Irish Whig politician, being a member of the Irish House of Commons, and, after 1800, of the United Kingdom parliament. William Ponsonby (British Army officer) and William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby are Irish MPs 1790–1797, Irish MPs 1798–1800, members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies and Ponsonby family.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ponsonby_(British_Army_officer)

Also known as Sir William Ponsonby, William Ponsonby (general).

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