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Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch

1748–1843

Thomas Graham, later 1st Baron Lynedoch, entered the British Army relatively late in life after the death of his wife. He distinguished himself during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, most notably commanding at the Battle of Barrosa in 1811 and later leading allied operations in the Netherlands.

His reputation rested on personal courage, energy and an unusually active military career for a man who began professional service in middle age. Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch was born in Perthshire and died in London.

Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Fury brings Thomas Graham directly into Richard Sharpe’s Peninsular War story through the Cádiz campaign and the Battle of Barrosa. Graham’s command provides the historical framework for the battle in which British troops attack and defeat a larger French force despite the confused coalition politics surrounding the operation.

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Sharpe in Order

by Bernard Cornwell 26 books 4.3(358,248)

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