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Noun Named Entity
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William Howe
EN
William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, KB PC, was a British Army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British land forces in the Colonies during the American War of Independence. Wikipedia
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Homo sapiens
ALLEGIANCE
EN
Great Britain
AWARD RECEIVED
EN
Order of the Bath
COMMANDER OF (DEPRECATED)
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48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot
CONFLICT
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American Revolution
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Seven Years' War
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War of the Austrian Succession
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French Revolutionary Wars
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
EN
Great Britain
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
EN
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Nordisk Familjebok
EDUCATED AT
Eton college
FAMILY NAME
EN
Howe
FATHER
EN
Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe
GIVEN NAME
William
HONORIFIC PREFIX
EN
The Right Honourable
HONORIFIC SUFFIX
EN
Order of the Bath
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
EN
English
MEMBER OF POLITICAL PARTY
EN
Whig
MILITARY BRANCH
EN
British Army
MILITARY RANK
EN
lieutenant general
MOTHER
EN
Charlotte Howe, Viscountess Howe
NOBLE TITLE
EN
viscount
OCCUPATION
EN
serviceman
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military officer
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politician
PLACE OF BIRTH
ꠟꠘ꠆ꠒꠘ
PLACE OF BURIAL
Twickenham
PLACE OF DEATH
Plymouth
SEX OR GENDER
EN
male
SIBLING
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Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
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George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe
BabelNet
SYL
William Howe

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