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COMMANDER // 1768–1854

William Beresford

generalKingdom of Portugal4 battles3 wars

Lifespan

1768 – 1854

1775180018251850Anglo-Spanish War (1796-1808) · 1796-1808Napoleonic Wars · 1803-1815Peninsular War · 1808-1814British invasions of the River Plate — January 1, 1806 · United Kingdom · Anglo-Spanish War (1796-1808)Peninsular War — May 2, 1808 · Spain · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Albuera — May 16, 1811 · United Kingdom · Peninsular WarBattle of Campo Maior — March 25, 1811 · United Kingdom · Peninsular War

Active service 1806–1811 — 4 battles across 3 wars; first command at age 38.

Profile

William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, was a British army officer and politician. A general in the British Army and a Marshal in the Portuguese Army, he fought alongside the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War and held the office of Master-General of the Ordnance in 1828 in the First Wellington ministry. He led the 1806 failed British invasion of Buenos Aires.

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Battles (4)

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