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Dictionary of National Biography

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Dictionary of National Biography Index and Epitome

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There are two templates to deal with this: {{Cite DNBIE}} and {{DNBIE}}

  • {{DNBIE|title=Dove, John|page=358}} -- Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainLee, Sidney, ed. (1903). "Dove, John". Index and Epitome. Dictionary of National Biography. Cambridge University Press. p. 358.
  • {{DNBIE|wstitle=Dove, John (d.1665?)|page=358}} -- wikilink: Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainLee, Sidney, ed. (1903). "Dove, John (d.1665?)". Index and Epitome. Dictionary of National Biography. Cambridge University Press. p. 358.
  • {{Cite DNBIE|title=Dove, John|page=358}} (also main DNB xv 378) -- Public Domain Lee, Sidney, ed. (1903). "Dove, John". Index and Epitome. Dictionary of National Biography. Cambridge University Press. p. 358. (also main DNB xv 378)
Wikisource on the DNB
The Internet Archive

Encyclopaedia Britannica

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1911, 11th edition

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1878–1889, 9th edition

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Rymer's Fœdera

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English Heritage

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Lists of members of Parliament and histories

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Browne Willis: Notitia Parliamentaria

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  • Willis, Browne (1715). Notitia parliamentaria: or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales. Vol. II. Printed by Robert Gosling. p. 51. (Volume II containing the counties of Cornwall, Cumberland, Darby, Devon, Dorset and Durham)

For Volume III see the template: {{Cite Notitia Parliamentaria}}

The History of Parliament Trust

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The parliamentary or constitutional history of England

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  • Parliament of Great Britain (1753). The parliamentary or constitutional history of England;: being a faithful account of all the most remarkable transactions in Parliament, from the earliest times. Collected from the journals of both Houses, the records, ... Vol. 9. Printed; and sold by William Sandby. pp. 13, 14. List of those excluded in Prides Purge

Regional Parliamentary biographies

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Napoleonic wars

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Napoleon Correspondance

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Universal pronouncing dictionary of biography and mythology

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Contains a lot of short biographies on Napoleonic French generals and others

Treaties and territorial changes

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British Napoleonic biographies

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The East India Military Calendar


Peninsular War

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six volumes

  • Southey, Robert (1828). "Chapters 1–8". History of the Peninsular War. Vol. I (New, in 6 volumes ed.). London: John Murray. 1807 – July 1808
  • Southey, Robert (1828b). "Chapters 9–15". History of the Peninsular War. Vol. II (New, in 6 volumes ed.). London: John Murray. June 1808 – January 1809
  • Southey, Robert (1828c). "Chapters 16–23". History of the Peninsular War. Vol. III (New, in 6 volumes ed.). London: John Murray. January 1809 – September 1809
  • Southey, Robert (1828d). "Chapters 24–32". History of the Peninsular War. Vol. IV (New, in 6 volumes ed.). July 1809 – February 1811 last page 549 not the end of the book
  • Southey, Robert (1837). "Chapters 33–41". History of the Peninsular War. Vol. V (New, in 6 volumes ed.). London: John Murray. 8 June 1810 – May 1812
  • Southey, Robert (1837b). "Chapters 41 (continued)–46". History of the Peninsular War. Vol. VI (New, in 6 volumes ed.). London: John Murray. May 1812 – July 1814

3 volumes

  • Southey, Robert (1832). "Chapters 1–15". History of the Peninsular War. Vol. I (New, in 3 volumes ed.). London: John Murray. 1807 – January 1809
  • volume II missing
  • Southey, Robert (1832c). "Chapters 33–46". History of the Peninsular War. Vol. III (New, in 3 volumes ed.). London: John Murray.

  • Russell, William (1818). "Letter XVI: Progress of the War in various Scenes of Action". The History of Modern Europe:... with a continuation terminating at the pacification of Paris, 1815. Vol. 7. London. p. 306.

Other

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Royal Navy

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Eliab Harvey


five volume edition by Edward Pelham Brenton MDCCLXXXIII (1783) to MDCCCXXII (1822)

Two volumes The Naval History Of Great Britain, For The Year mdcclxxxiii (1783) to mdcccxxxvi (1836). by Edward Pelham Brenton

Five volume edition by James, William ?

New Six volume edition

New Six volume edition

History of the British Army

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Loss of life caused by war

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Dictionaries of battles and wars

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  • Jaques, Tony, ed. (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century (3 volumes ed.). Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |ignore-isbn-error= ignored (|isbn= suggested) (help)
    • Sandler, Stanley (2002), Ground warfare: An International Encyclopedia, vol. 1, ABC-CLIO

English Civil War

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Contemporary newspapers and reports

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General histories

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https://archive.org/details/PhilipJ.HaythornthwaiteTheEnglishCivilWarBookFi.org

Bulstrode Whitlocke

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  • Bulstrode Whitlocke. Memorials of the English affairs from the beginning of the reign ...,:

Edward Hyde Clarendon (Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674)

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Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of (1826), The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, To Which is Added an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland (8 volumes), Oxford: Clarendon Press {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

  • Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of (1882), Cosin, John (trans); Meyrick, Frederick (eds.), The Religion, Discipline and Rites of the Church of England (second ed.), London: Rivingtons{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) multiple formats at archive.org

Additional books from the extended shelves:

The above books were extracted from Online Books by Edward Hyde Clarendon (more Clarendon books there)

  • Firth, C.H, ed. (1899). Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, Secretary to the Council of the Army, 1647-1649, and to General Monck and the Commanders of the Army in Scotland, 1651-1660. London: Longmans, Green, and Company. pp. 26–27, 33–34. volume 1, volume 2, volume 3 ,volume 4

Gardener V.

  1. History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649, 42-44 (1886) Vol. I
  2. History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649 44-47 (1889) Vol. II
  3. History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649 47-49 (1891) Vol. III
  4. History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649 (1889) Vol. II
  5. History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649 (1886) Vol. I
  6. History of the great civil war, 1642-1649 (1905) Vol. I
  7. History of the great civil war, 1642-1649 47-49 (1905) Vol. IV
  8. History of the great civil war, 1642-1649 (1905) Vol. III
  9. History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649 (1901) Vol. III
  10. History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649 (1901) Vol. II
  11. History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649 (1901) Vol. I
  12. History of the great civil war, 1642-1649 (1893) Vol. III
  13. History of the great civil war, 1642-1649 (1893) Vol. IV
  14. History of the great Civil War, 1642-1649 (1886) Vol. I
  15. History of the great Civil War, 1642-1649 (1893) Vol. III
  16. History of the great Civil War, 1642-1649 (1893) Vol. I


University of Michigan v. 1. 1603-1607.--v. 2. 1607-1616.--v. 3. 1616-1621.--v. 4. 1621-1623.--v. 5. 1623-1625.--v. 6. 1625-1629.--v. 7. 1629-1635.--v. 8. 1635-1639.--v. 9. 1639-1641.--10. 1641-1642

Noble 3rd edition -- some corrections since the 2nd
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Criticism of Noble
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  • "Review of New Publications:82 Review of Memoirs of the Protectoral-House (second edition)", Gentleman's magazine and historical chronicle, vol. 57:1, 1787, pp. 516–518 Starts last paragraph of 516: "WE hope and trust Mr. N. has found his advantage in the large and respectable list of subscribers to this second edition of his ill-digested, over-loaded work, But..."
  • Brodie, George (1822), A history of the British Empire: from the accession of Charles I ..., vol. 4, pp. 228–229 Starts with the last paragraph on 228: "We have already said a little about the research of Noble, and here we shall give an instance of it: ... The fact is, however, that they were republished along with Herbert's Memoirs, to which, Worsley particularly refers, and it is inexcusable in Noble not to have been particularly acquainted with them. ..."
British history online

Volumes 1,2,3,5,6,7,8

www.archive.org
  • volume 1 Historical collections of private passages of state, weighty matters in law, remarkable proceedings in five parliaments : beginning the sixteenth year of King James. anno 1618, and ending the fifth year of King Charls [sic], anno 1629 (1659) (Volume 1) -- 1618 to 5 year Charles I (1630)
  • volume 2 Historical collections of private passages of state, weighty matters in law, remarkable proceedings in five parliaments : beginning the sixteenth year of King James. anno 1618, and ending the fifth year of King Charls [sic], anno 1629 (1659) -- 1629
  • volume 3 Historical collections of private passages of state, weighty matters in law, remarkable proceedings in five parliaments : beginning the sixteenth year of King James. anno 1618, and ending the fifth year of King Charls [sic], anno 1629 (1659) -- 1639
  • volume 4 Historical collections of private passages of state, weighty matters in law, remarkable proceedings in five parliaments : beginning the sixteenth year of King James. anno 1618, and ending the fifth year of King Charls [sic], anno 1629 (1659)
  • volume 7 Part 4, Vol 2. Historical collections of private passages of state, weighty matters in law, ] The fourth the last part, from the beginning of the year 1645 to the death of king Charles First 1648

More general histories

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Biographies

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Cromwell

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Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, With Elucidations
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Commented out other versions

Ireland

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  • Reviews in History: review by Dr Jason Peacey (July 2009) of God’s Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland by Micheál Ó Siochrú, London, Faber and Faber, 2008, ISBN: 9780571218462; author's response (December 2009).

Regional histories

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Cheshire

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Primary
Secondary
  • Hanshall, J.H. (1817). The history of the county palatine of Chester. Printed by John Fletcher and sold by Arthur K'all bookseller. p. 456.
  • Lysons, Daniel (1810). Magna Britannia: pt. 1. Cambridgeshire. pt. 2. The county palatine of Chester. Vol. vol. 2, part 2. T. Cadell and W. Davies. p. 749. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

Huntingdonshire

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Nottinghamshire

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Worcestershire

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  • Chambers, John (1820), "Alphabetical index of names", Biographical Illustrations of Worcestershire: Including Lives of Persons, Natives Or Residents Eminent Either for Piety Or Talent: to which is Added, a List of Living Authors of the Country, R. and S. Prowett, pp. 609–612

Wales

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Yorkshire

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1655

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  • Ravenhill, W.W. (1872), "Records of the Rising in the West, A.D. 1655", in Goddard, Edward Hungerford (ed.), The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine, vol. 13, London: Devizes, for the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, pp. 119–188, 252–273
  • 3rd part in volume 14
  • final in volume 15

Restoration

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Glorious revolution and beyond

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  • Author: Caulfield, James, 1764-1826 Title: Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons, from the revolution in 1688 to the end of the reign of George II. Collected from the most authentic accounts extant (1819)
  • Publisher: London, T. H. Whitely
  • Year: 1819
  • volume 1
  • volume 2
  • volume 3
  • volume 4
  • Notes: Vol. 3-4 published by T.H. Whiteley, 1820. All 4 vol. are printed by W. Lewis.

Religion

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17th Century religion

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  • The history of the Church of England to the revolution, 1688 by Thomas Vowler Short p. xxi

Post civil war nonconformity ministers in England and Wales

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Sir William DugdaleMonasticon Anglicanum

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New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge

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British naval histories

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British naval biographies

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Genealogy

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Genealogical Abbreviations

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Burke

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George Edward Cokayne

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Complete Baronetage

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Complete peerage

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Vols. 3-5 edited by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs with the assistance of H. A. Doubleday; v.6, by H. A. Doubleday, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden; v.7-10, by H. A. Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden; v.11-12, by G. H. White; v.13, by H. A. Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden; v.14, by Peter W. Hammond

I. Ab-Adam to Basing. -- II. Bass to Canning. -- III. Canonteign to Cutts. -- IV. Dacre to Dysart. -- V. Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat. -- VI. Gordon to Hustpierpoint. -- VII. Husee to Lincolnshire. -- VIII. Lindley to Moate. -- IX. Moels to Nuneham. -- X. Oakham to Richmond. -- XIII. Peers created 1901 to 1938. -- XIV. Addenda & corrigenda


Vols. 6-13 have title: The complete peerage; or, A history of the House of lords and all its members from the earliest times

Old catalogue

Collins's peerage of England

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  1. Contains the blood royal, and part of the dukes
  2. Contains the rest of the dukes, and all the marquises
  3. Contains the earls to the termination of the seventeenth century
  4. Contains the earls from the commencement of the eighteenth century to the death of George II
  5. Contains the earls from the accession of George III
  6. Contains all the viscounts and those barons whose honours existed prior to the death of Queen Elizabeth
  7. Contains the barons from the accession of King James I to the termination of the Coalition Ministry in 1783
  8. Contains the barons from the commencement of Mr. Pitt's ministry 1784, to the termination of the eighteenth century * v. # Contains the barons from the commencement of the nineteenth century and the Union of Ireland and also a short extinct peerage from the accession of King Henry VII with an account of peerage claims
7. Collins, Arthur; Brydges, Sir Egerton (1812). Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical. Vol. 7. London: F.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and Son etc.

Edmund Lodge

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Betham baronetage

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English knights

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Inner Temple 1571–1625

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  • Inner Temple (1868). Students admitted at the Inner Temple 1571 – 1625. London: Printed by F. Cartwright. p. 103.

The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition

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Commented out other volume from other OCR readigs

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Others

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  • The Summers collection of tracts
  • A collection of scarce and valuable tracts: on the most interesting and .." By Sir Walter Scott, Baron John Somers Somers Volume 6


Introduction

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This list contains many books that are now in the public domain. As books which are now copyright expired tend to be over 90 years old, although the details of the actions they describe are often not disputed by more recent histories, the opinions that the authors express about such things as the gallantry of their own nation's forces or the characteristics of their national enemies must be treated with caution as more modern histories my have a more balanced view.

For example [[ ]]


These should be used with cautionWhile such books often contain great detail Many of the resources listed here are

Dictionaries of national biography

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English language
Books Notes
ADB is modelled on the Dictionary of Canadian Biography and contains information on many notable Australian soldiers
DAB is a copyrighted and contains 1,000 entries of which 10 are military biographies, see also {{Dictionary of Australian Biography}}
DCB is copyrighted and contains information on many notable Canadian soldiers, see also {{cite DCB}}
This is a brief list of all the entries in the British Dictionary of National Biography (see also {{Cite DNBIE}}) Many of the biographies are on soldiers.
The full PD source of the British Dictionary of National Biography much of the information has already been incorporated into biography articles in Wikipedia. see also {{DNB}} {{cite DNB}}
Modern copyright version of the PD DNB. Most British library holders have access to it. It contains updated information on all of the DNB articles and new articles on notable Britons who have died since the DNB was published.
The DWB is copyrighted and contains information on many notable Welsh soldiers.
Other languages
Books Notes
German: "The NDB (25 volumes, since 1953) and its predecessor ADB (56 volumes, 1875-1912, reprint 1967-1971) are one of the most important biographical dictionaries in Germany, Austria and Switzerland." see also {{cite ADB}}

English Civil War and the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

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Contemporary newspapers and reports

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General histories

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Contemporary or near contemporary histories
Books Notes
Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke (1605–1675) was an English lawyer, writer, parliamentarian and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England. First edition 1682. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition "[it is] a work which has obtained greater authority than it deserves, being largely a compilation from various sources, composed after the events and abounding in errors".
List of books by the Earl of Clarendon
Near contemporary account by Charles II's chief advisor before and after the Restoration. It is a detailed account but written from a Royalist point of view.
Robert Venables (ca. 1613–1687), Venables was a officer in the parliamentary army. The expedition to the West Indies took place during the Interregnum


Other histories
Books Notes
  • "Review of New Publications:82 Review of Memoirs of the Protectoral-House (second edition)", Gentleman's magazine and historical chronicle, vol. 57:1, 1787, pp. 516–518 Starts last paragraph of 516: "We hope and trust Mr. N. has found his advantage in the large and respectable list of subscribers to this second edition of his ill-digested, over-loaded work, But..."
  • Brodie, George (1822), A history of the British Empire: from the accession of Charles I ..., vol. 4, pp. 228–229 Starts with the last paragraph on 228: "We have already said a little about the research of Noble, and here we shall give an instance of it: ... The fact is, however, that they were republished along with Herbert's Memoirs, to which, Worsley particularly refers, and it is inexcusable in Noble not to have been particularly acquainted with them. ..."

More general histories

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Biographies

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search archive.org

Cromwell

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Ireland

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  • Reviews in History: review by Dr Jason Peacey (July 2009) of God’s Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland by Micheál Ó Siochrú, London, Faber and Faber, 2008, ISBN: 9780571218462; author's response (December 2009).

Regional histories

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Cheshire

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Primary
Secondary
  • Hanshall, J.H. (1817). The history of the county palatine of Chester. Printed by John Fletcher and sold by Arthur K'all bookseller. p. 456.
  • Lysons, Daniel (1810). Magna Britannia: pt. 1. Cambridgeshire. pt. 2. The county palatine of Chester. Vol. vol. 2, part 2. T. Cadell and W. Davies. p. 749. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

Worcestershire

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  • Chambers, John (1820), "Alphabetical index of names", Biographical Illustrations of Worcestershire: Including Lives of Persons, Natives Or Residents Eminent Either for Piety Or Talent: to which is Added, a List of Living Authors of the Country, R. and S. Prowett, pp. 609–612

Wales

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Yorkshire

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French revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815)

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General histories

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Books Notes
An English language source for short (often very short) biographies on the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe
Books Notes
Biographies on most senior British officers


Napoleon Correspondance

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Books Notes

Peninsular War (1807–1814)

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Books Notes
multi-volume edition
This is a one volume edition, usually this book is split into multiple volumes (see above)
  • Southey, Robert (1828). "Chapters 1–8". History of the Peninsular War. Vol. I (Six volumes, New ed.). London: John Murray. 1807 – July 1808
  • Southey, Robert (1828b). "Chapters 9–15". History of the Peninsular War. Vol. II (Six volumes, New ed.). London: John Murray. June 1808 – January 1809
  • Southey, Robert (1828c). "Chapters 16–23". History of the Peninsular War. Vol. III (Six volumes, New ed.). London: John Murray. January 1809 – September 1809
  • Southey, Robert (1828d). "Chapters 24–32". History of the Peninsular War. Vol. IV (Six volumes, New ed.). July 1809 – February 1811 last page 549 not the end of the book
  • Southey, Robert (1837). "Chapters 33–41". History of the Peninsular War. Vol. V (Six volumes, New ed.). London: John Murray. 8 June 1810 – May 1812
  • Southey, Robert (1837b). "Chapters 41 (continued)–46". History of the Peninsular War. Vol. VI (Six volumes, New ed.). London: John Murray. May 1812 – July 1814

Waterloo campaign

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Books Notes
Maps of the Waterloo campaign

Treaties and territorial changes

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Books Notes

General histories

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British Army

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Books Notes

The East India Company

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Books Notes

Loss of life caused by war

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Books Notes

Help

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