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Commander in Chief

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

5Records
1803–1815Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1803

Horatio Nelson1803

London · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Appointed commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean.

1807

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1st14 June 1807

Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Appointed Commander of the expedition to Portugal

Hew DalrympleAugust 1807

Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Appointed Commander in Chief for the liberation of Portugal from France

1808

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1st12 July 1808

London · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Appointed Commander of Forces in Portugal

1815

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1st22 October 1815

Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Appointed Commander in Chief of the Allied army

Names involved

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1stHew DalrympleHoratio Nelson

Provenance

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