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Heathfield, George Augustus Eliott, Lord
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A gallant general, the defender of Gibraltar, son of Sir Gilbert Eliott, born at Stobs, in Roxburghshire; saw service first in the war of the Austrian Succession, fighting at Dettingen and Fontenoy; as a colonel he fought with English troops in alliance with Frederick the Great against Austria; for his heroic defence of Gibraltar (1779-1783) against the combined forces of France and Spain he was raised to the peerage as Baron of Gibraltar (1717-1790).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Heathfield, George Augustus Eliott, Lord'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/heathfield-george-augustus-eliott-lord.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Heathfield, George Augustus Eliott, Lord'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/heathfield-george-augustus-eliott-lord.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
