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Major-General Robert Craufurd (5 May 1764 – 23 January 1812) was a Scottish soldier. After a military career which took him from India to the Netherlands, he was given command of the Light Division in the Napoleonic Peninsular War under the Duke of Wellington.
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CRAUFURD, ROBERT (1764–1812), general, third son of Sir Alexander Craufurd, first baronet, of Newark, Ayrshire, and brother of General Sir Charles Gregan-Craufurd, G.C.B. [q. v.], was born on 5 May 1764. He entered the army as an ensign in the 25th regiment in 1779, was promoted lieutenant in 1781, and captain into the 75th regiment in 1783.
Craufurd History. 1066. Early Crawfords. The Crawfords of Scotland are derived from a Danish chief named Thorlongus (Latin for Thor) whose father, Leofwine of Mercia, and grandfather, Edulf of East Anglia, had married into the Anglo-Saxon monarchy of England in the late 900’s and early 1000’s.The Crawfords are descendants of Alfred the ...
This article represents a reassessment of Robert Craufurd, focusing on his role as a soldier-politician concerned with the position of Ireland in the wider empire during the era of the Act of Union.
1 de abr. de 2009 · Craufurd to Wickham, 25 July 1798, HRO, 38M49/8/14/5. 35. 35 Other British officers in Ireland shared Craufurd's view that Abercromby was correct in his strategy but unwise to issue his 26 February order. See, for example, William Bentinck to William Windham, 6 April 1798, Windham papers, British Library (BL), Add.
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