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Edward Braddock

1695 - 1755

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Edward Braddock (January 1695 – 13 July 1755) was a British officer and commander-in-chief for the Thirteen Colonies during the start of the French and Indian War (1754–1763), the North American front of what is known in Europe and Canada as the Seven Years' War (1756–1763). He is remembered for his command of a disastrous expedition against the French-occupied Ohio River Valley in 1755 which led to his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Braddock is the 1,610th most popular military personnel (down from 1,591st in 2019), the 3,201st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,782nd in 2019) and the 75th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Edward Braddock ranks 1,610 out of 2,058. Before him are Alime Abdenanova, Alan Cunningham, Stanley Maude, Pedro Teixeira, Richmond K. Turner, and Aliagha Shikhlinski. After him are Mutsuhiro Watanabe, Andrew Scott Waugh, Georgi Todorov, Sidney Smith, Henry Halleck, and Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1695, Edward Braddock ranks 14. Before him are Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, Giuseppe Sammartini, François de Cuvilliés, Martin van Meytens, Carl Gustaf Tessin, and Johann Christian Günther. After him is Gustaf Lundberg. Among people deceased in 1755, Edward Braddock ranks 14. Before him are Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz, Zhang Tingyu, and Philipp Stamma. After him are Stepan Krasheninnikov, Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Angelo Maria Querini, and Maurice Greene.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Braddock ranks 3,202 out of 8,785. Before him are Teresa Ann Savoy (1955), Ken Livingstone (1945), John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822), Frederick Abberline (1843), Gary Neville (1975), and William Withering (1741). After him are Austin Osman Spare (1886), Dominic West (1969), Stanley Baker (1928), Harry Styles (1994), Andrew Scott Waugh (1810), and Henry Travers (1874).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Edward Braddock ranks 75. Before him are John Alcock (1892), Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880), Max Horton (1883), Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892), Ronald Speirs (1920), and Douglas Bader (1910). After him are Andrew Scott Waugh (1810), Sidney Smith (1764), Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436), James Somerville (1882), Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724), and William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891).

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