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William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English general and politician (died 1854)

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William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford

Anglo-Portuguese General

William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, was a British army officer and politician. A general in the British Army and a Marshal in the Portuguese Army, he fought alongside the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War and held the office of Master-General of the Ordnance…
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October 2

Day of the year

October 2 is the 275th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 90 days remain until the end of the year.
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