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  Earl Alexander of Tunis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Earl Alexander of Tunis is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that was created on 14 March 1952 for the 1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis, along with the courtesy title Baron Rideau, of Ottawa and of Castle Derg in the County of Tyrone.
The 1st Earl was the third son of the 4th Earl of Caledon.
The 2nd Earl was in fact heir presumptive to the Earldom of Caledon from 1980 to 1990, before the birth of the current Earl of Caledon's son and heir, Lord Alexander.
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 Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, 1891-1969, British field marshal.
Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
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 Harold Alexander
Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (December 10, 1891 - June 16, 1969) was a British military commander and Field Marshal, notably during World War II as the commander of the 15th Army Group.
Sir Harold Alexander was created Viscount Alexander of Tunis in 1946 for his leadership the North Africa and Italy.
After the war Alexander was Governor General of Canada (1946-1952) and in 1952 Winston Churchill made him Minister of Defence.
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 Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis Summary
Harold Alexander was born in Northern Ireland on December 10, 1891, the third son of the 4th Earl of Caledon and of Lady Elizabeth Graham Toler, daughter of the 3d Earl of Norbury.
The third son of the 4th Earl of Caledon and the former Lady Elizabeth Graham-Toler, a daughter of the 3rd Earl of Norbury, he was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Alexander became the youngest lieutenant colonel in the British Army during the war, and when the Great War ended he was in temporary command of a brigade.
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 Sir Harold Alexander Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis and Baron Rideau of Ottawa (December 10, 1891 - June 16, 1969) was a British military commander and Field Marshal, notably during World War II as the commander of the 15th Army Group.
The third son of the fourth Earl of Caledon and Lady Elizabeth Graham Toler, he was educated at Harrow School and Sandhurst Military Academy.
He was created 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis and Baron Rideau of Ottawa, and of Castle Derg, county Tyrone on March 14, 1952.
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The last British governor general of Canada (1946-52), Alexander was born into the Irish aristocracy.
He led the 1st Division in France in 1940 and the rearguard at Dunkirk, directed the British-Chinese army's retreat from the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1942, and from August 1942 was senior army commander in the Mediterranean.
Handsome, athletic, elegant, and assisted by a popular wife, Lady Margaret, Alexander made a strong public impression as governor general.
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 Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander Earl of Tunis
Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander was born in London during 1891, but grew up in a privlidged English-Irish family, spebding most of his early boyhood on the family estate in Ulster.
He was known as Master Harold to servants and later Uncle Harold to nephews and nieces, but as a boy he was called "Tubby" in the family which he did not manage to loose until he began school as a youth and friends began calling him Alex.
Alexander was Governor General of Canada (1946-52), granted the rank of Earl (1952) and becoming the Minister of Defence under Winston Churchill (until 1954).
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 Tunis — FactMonster.com
Tunis became the capital of Tunisia under the powerful Hafsid dynasty (13th–16th cent.) and was a leading center of trade with Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Duggah - Duggah or Dougga, village, Tunisia, SW of Tunis.
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Margaret Alexander, Countess Alexander of Tunis - Dame Margaret Alexander, Countess Alexander of Tunis GBE DStJ (16 September 1905–30 January 1960) was born Lady Margaret Bingham, a daughter of George Bingham, Lord Bingham.
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis - The Right Honourable Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, KG, GCB, GCMG, CSI, DSO, MC, PC (10 December 1891–16 June 1969) was a British military commander and Field Marshal, notably during the Second World War as the commander of the 15th Army Group.
A. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough - The Right Honourable Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, KG, CH, PC (1 May 1885–11 January 1965) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician.
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Alexander dropped in a handful of gold and whispered, "That’s for your beautiful bright eyes." The young lady curtsied and immediately presented the plate again.
Alexander walked quickly to the horse’s head and turned it to face into the sun, for he had noticed that the horse’s own shadow was upsetting it.
While the medicine was being prepared, Alexander received a letter from an enemy of Philip’s that accused the physician of having been bribed by the Persian king to poison his master.
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 Mediterranean Operations
Alexander Lohr, the Germans decided to attack and capture the island mainly with airborne troops.
The directive given by Churchill to General Alexander stated that his main duty was to destroy as early as possible the German-Italian army commanded by the recently promoted Field Marshal Rommel.
General Alexander defined the task of the forces in Italy as follows: "To force the enemy to commit a maximum number of divisions in Italy at the time the Cross-Channel invasion is launched.
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After escaping from prison alexander dumas and already powerful with a great fortune, Dantes assume the role of the Count of Montecristo to execute his revenge slowly finishing his accusers.
A. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough - Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, KG, CH, PC (1 May 1885–11 January 1965) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician.
Robert Alexander, Baron Alexander of Weedon - Robert Scott Alexander, Baron Alexander of Weedon, QC (5 September 1936— 6 November 2005) was a British barrister and Conservative politician.
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 Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1919 - 1920 Alexander led the Baltic German Landeswehr in the Latvian War of Independence, commanding units loyal to the Republic of Latvia in the successful drive to eject the Bolsheviks from Latgale.
He joined the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), as commander of the 1st Infantry Division, in France in 1939.
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Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis[lef´rik] Pronunciation Key, 1891–1969, British field marshal.
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At his death in 323 BC, Alexander the Great ruled an empire stretching from the Balkans to India, yet the best accounts we have of his life were written hundreds of years after his death.
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Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, army officer, governor general (b at London, Eng 10 Dec 1891; d at Slough, Eng 16 June 1969).
The last British governor general of Canada (1946-52) was born into the Irish aristocracy.
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Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891-1969), Field Marshal.
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 Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis - MSN Encarta
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 CanadaInfo: Government: Federal: Governor General: Former Governors General: Alexander
Lord Alexander returned to England quietly, due to the sudden death of King George VI on February 6, 1952.
He was promoted to Field Marshal in 1944 after the capture of Tunis in 1943 and subsequently captured Rome in 1944.
n March 1, 1946, he was elevated in the peerage as Viscount Alexander of Tunis and in December 1946 he was made a Knight of the Garter.
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The Pacific War saw some of the most uncompromising warfare in WWII, 1st and 15th and the USMC was at the heart of it: the 1st Division would earn three World War II Presidential Unit Citations - Guadalcanal, Peleliu, 1st and 15th and Okinawa - each was well deserved.
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Field Marshal The Right Honourable Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, KG, GCB, GCMG, CSI, GCVO, DSO, MC, LL.D, PC, Legion of Honour (10 December 1891–16 June 1969) was a British military commander and Field Marshal, notably during the Second World War as the commander of the 15th Army Group.
Between the wars Alexander led the Baltic Landwehr in Latvia during the Russian Civil War and served in Turkey and Gibraltar before returning to England and the Staff College at Camberley and the Imperial Defence College.
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