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in 1740. Promoted to the substantive rank of lieutenant-general on 1 July 1742 and to general of the horse on 24 March 1746, he became
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407:Master-General of the Ordnance in Ireland
389:in May 1732 and, having been promoted to
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463:Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere
348:Lieutenant of the Ordnance in Ireland
234:Lieutenant of the Ordnance in Ireland
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763:The British Field Marshals 1736â1997
647:"Henrietta Street Conservation Plan"
479:William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby
393:on 18 December 1735 and appointed a
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443:Entrance to Molesworth's town house
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405:in Ireland in 1739, he became
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305:War of the Spanish Succession
222:War of the Spanish Succession
184:War of the Spanish Succession
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1005:Members of the Middle Temple
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362:in November 1715 during the
29:Anglo-Irish military officer
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372:Fellow of the Royal Society
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113:Kingdom of Great Britain
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