William Blakeney

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British Army officer human soldier

William Blakeney was a British Army officer and veteran of multiple wars who became best known for his stubborn defense of Fort St. Philip at Minorca during the Seven Years' War.

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Label	Occurrences
William Blakeney canonical	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer ⓘ human ⓘ soldier ⓘ
allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	Knight of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
conflict	Battle of Culloden NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Falkirk Muir NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fontenoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacobite rising of 1745 NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ Siege of Fort St. Philip (1756) NERFINISHED ⓘ War of the Austrian Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1672 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1761 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Irish ⓘ
familyName	Blakeney NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
hasPartInMotto	“Always Ready” NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Sir ⓘ
memberOf	Peerage of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRank	Lieutenant General ⓘ
militaryUnit	Royal Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle	Baron Blakeney NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	stubborn defence of Fort St. Philip at Minorca in 1756 ⓘ
notableWork	defence of Fort St. Philip, Minorca NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	military officer ⓘ
peerage	Irish peer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	County Limerick NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
positionHeld	Lieutenant General ⓘ Lieutenant Governor of Minorca NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Minorca NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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siege of Fort St. Philip (1756) → commander → William Blakeney ⓘ