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Knighthood

Name: Knighthood – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records

1709–1804Date range

3Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1709

Charles Wager1709

London · Warfare / Military

Awarded a knighthood

1764

Robert Clive Plessey, 1st1764

London · Warfare / Military

Awarded a Knighthood

1804

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1stSeptember 1804

Warfare / Military

Given a Knighthood

Names involved

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1stCharles WagerRobert Clive Plessey, 1st

Provenance

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