William Martin Leake: Quick Facts

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Born	January 14, 1777 • London • England
Died	January 6, 1860 (aged 82) • Brighton • England
Notable Works	“Travels in Northern Greece” • “Travels in the Morea”

Lord William Bentinck

British government official

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis

British general and statesman

Sir Charles James Napier

British general and colonial governor

Frederick Edgeworth Morgan

British officer

J.F.C. Fuller

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Sir Basil Liddell Hart

British military historian

Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby

British field marshal

Sir Henry Clinton

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John Hunt, Baron Hunt

British army officer

Arthur William Patrick Albert, duke of Connaught and Strathearn

British military officer

Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington

prime minister of Great Britain

T.E. Lawrence

British scholar and military officer

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

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Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier

British field marshal

Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st marquess of Hastings

British colonial administrator

Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley

British field marshal

Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery

British military commander

Sir Benjamin D’Urban

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Charles George Gordon

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Sir Ian Hamilton

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