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Lieutenant General

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

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Chronological records

1688

John Churchill Marlborough, 1st7 November 1688

London · Warfare / English Succession War

Promoted lieutenant-general as James II prepares to resist William of Orange.

Names involved

John Churchill Marlborough, 1st

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