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Duncan MacDougall (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Duncan MacDougall (1787 – 10 December 1862) was a British Army officer who fought in the Peninsular War and War of 1812. He rose to command the 79th Regiment of Foot before serving as second-in-command of the British Auxiliary Legion during the First Carlist War. MacDougall joined the British Army in 1804. After initial service at the Cape of Good Hope he fought through much of the Peninsular War in Spain and Portugal as a Subaltern (military), subaltern, being seriously wounded at the Battle of Salamanca. He became aide de camp to Major general (United Kingdom), Major-General Robert Ross (British Army officer), Robert Ross during the War of 1812, and was by his side at the Battle of Baltimore when the general was killed. Promoted to major (British Army and Royal Marines), major, MacDougall became aide de camp to Major-General Edward Pakenham, Sir Edward Pakenham. He was riding alongside Pakenham when the latter was m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Wyndham Phillips
Henry Wyndham Phillips ( 1820 – 8 December 1868) was a British artist and portrait painter. Although he produced and exhibited a small number of paintings of scriptural subjects early on in his career, he spent most of his life working as a portrait artist. He was born in London, the younger son of the portraitist Thomas Phillips, from whom he received most of his art tuition. When his father died in 1845, he bequeathed Henry all of his painting materials and the use of his painting rooms at 8 George Street, Hanover Square, Westminster, Hanover Square in central London, where Henry is believed to have lived for the rest of his life. He was a very popular and sought-after portrait artist. His commissions included the portraits of actor Charles Kean (as Louis XI) for the Garrick Club, Dr William Prout for the Royal College of Physicians, and Robert Stephenson for the Institution of Civil Engineers. Some of his works, including his portrait of the famous archaeologist, Austen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
