William Carr Beresford

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British Army officer Viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom human

William Carr Beresford was a British Army officer and later Viscount Beresford, noted for his role in the Napoleonic Wars and as a key commander in the Peninsular War alongside Portuguese forces.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
William Beresford	3
William Carr Beresford canonical	3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer ⓘ Viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ human ⓘ
ally	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ surface form: Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
areaOfActivity	British politics ⓘ military history of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
associatedWith	Portugal ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ Order of the Garter ⓘ Order of the Tower and Sword ⓘ
conflict	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Peninsular War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
employer	British Army ⓘ Portuguese Army ⓘ
familyName	Beresford ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ
middleName	Carr ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRank	Field Marshal ⓘ surface form: Field Marshal (Portugal) General (British Army) ⓘ
nobleTitle	Baron ⓘ Viscount ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Albuera ⓘ Battle of Bussaco ⓘ surface form: Battle of Busaco Battle of Talavera ⓘ Siege of Badajoz ⓘ
notableFor	leading Anglo-Portuguese forces in the Peninsular War ⓘ reforming the Portuguese military ⓘ service as a key commander alongside Portuguese forces in the Peninsular War ⓘ
notableWork	command of the Portuguese Army during the Peninsular War ⓘ reorganization of the Portuguese Army on British lines ⓘ
occupation	politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ
partOf	Anglo-Portuguese Army ⓘ
positionHeld	Master-General of the Ordnance ⓘ surface form: Master-General of the Ordnance (United Kingdom) commander-in-chief of the Portuguese Army ⓘ marshal of the Portuguese Army ⓘ member of the House of Lords ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
title	Baron Beresford ⓘ Viscount Beresford ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: William Carr Beresford
Description of subject: William Carr Beresford was a British Army officer and later Viscount Beresford, noted for his role in the Napoleonic Wars and as a key commander in the Peninsular War alongside Portuguese forces.

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British invasions of the Río de la Plata → commander → William Carr Beresford ⓘ

Walcheren Campaign → commander → William Carr Beresford ⓘ

Napoleonic invasions of Portugal → commander → William Carr Beresford ⓘ

Albuhera → commander → William Carr Beresford ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Albuera

this entity surface form: William Beresford

Battle of Albuera → commander → William Carr Beresford ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Beresford

Battle of Albuera → alliedCommander → William Carr Beresford ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Beresford