Brigadier-General Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed ...

Andrews Windsor (1678–1765), of Southampton, was a British Army officer and politician. He was born the fourth son of Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth and was the child of his father's second marriage to Ursula Widdrington, daughter of Sir Thomas Widdrington, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. He was styled " The Honourable". His younger brothers were

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, MP and Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor. He joined the army as a Cornet in the

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in 1698, and was promoted captain and then lieutenant-colonel in the

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in 1703, as a brevet-colonel in 1706 and colonel in 1709–15 in the

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. He was finally made

brigadier-general Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed ...

in 1711. He was a Member (MP) of the

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for

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1710 to 1715 and for Monmouth Boroughs 1720 to 1722. He inherited the Upper Avon Navigation from his father, who had acquired the rights to it from the future King James II of England. He died unmarried in 1765.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Windsor, Andrews 1678 births 1765 deaths Politicians from Southampton British Army brigadiers Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Welsh constituencies British MPs 1710–1713 British MPs 1713–1715 British MPs 1715–1722 28th Regiment of Foot officers Grenadier Guards officers Royal Horse Guards officers Younger sons of earls Military personnel from Southampton