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Commander of Cavalry

England · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1642Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1642

Thomas Fairfax Cameron, 3rd1642

Warfare / Civil War

Fairfax receives command of Parliamentarian cavalry operating in Yorkshire.

Thomas Wentworth Cleveland, 1st1642

Warfare / Civil War

Wentworth receives command of important elements of the Royalist cavalry.

Names involved

Thomas Fairfax Cameron, 3rdThomas Wentworth Cleveland, 1st

Provenance

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