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	William Howe
		General Howe became lieutenant of ordnance in 1782, colonel of the 19th dragoons, and full general in 1786, was governor of Berwick in 1795, and in 1799, on the death of his brother Richard, succeeded to the Irish viscounty.
		Although brave and an adept in military science, Howe was incapable of conducting the operations of a great army, and owed his advancement to his name, and his relationship, by illegitimate descent, to George III.
		Howe was sincere in his attempts to reconcile the countries, and, as unsuspicious as he was brave, thought that by riding a, bout the country and conversing with the principal inhabitants, he could, by moderation and concession, restore the king's authority.
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	William Howe, 5th viscount Howe - LoveToKnow 1911
		WILLIAM HOWE HOWE, 5TH Viscount (1729-1814), British general, was the younger brother of George Augustus, 3rd viscount, killed in the Ticonderoga expedition of 1758, and of Richard, 4th viscount and afterwards Earl Howe, the admiral.
		Howe became major in 1756 and lieutenant-colonel in 1757 of the 58th (now Northampton) regiment, which he commanded at the capture of Louisburg.
		In 1782 Howe was made lieutenant-general of the ordnance; in 1790 he was placed in command of the forces organized for action against Spain, and in 1793 he was made a full general.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /William_Howe,_5th_viscount_Howe (596 words)

	Biography of The Honorable Major General Sir William Howe, English Army
		Tall and Dark, Sir William Howe, born August 10, 1729, was the younger son of the second Viscount Howe.
		William Howe's family included an elder brother, George Augustus who was the third Viscount Howe and was killed in Ticonderoga in 1758.
		Howe was in all probability correct in as much as a loss of his Army would likely have resulted in a loss of the war.
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	William Howe
		General Howe became lieutenant of ordnance in 1782, colonel of the 19th dragoons, and full general in 1786, was governor of Berwick in 1795, and in 1799, on the death of his brother Richard, succeeded to the Irish viscounty.
		Although brave and an adept in military science, Howe was incapable of conducting the operations of a great army, and owed his advancement to his name, and his relationship, by illegitimate descent, to George III.
		Howe was sincere in his attempts to reconcile the countries, and, as unsuspicious as he was brave, thought that by riding a, bout the country and conversing with the principal inhabitants, he could, by moderation and concession, restore the king's authority.
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	The Link Motion
		Howe was born in 1814 at the village of West Auckland, Co. Durham, one of the districts near Newcastle which produced so many of the early founders of the railway system.
		While employed there, a "gentleman apprentice" named William Williams suggested the use of two eccentrics mounted on the crankshaft of a steam engine as a means of reversal (fig 1), and showed a sketch of his idea to a number of his fellow employees including Howe, who always acknowledged this fact.
		Howe was a friend as well as employee of George Stephenson, and in 1846 a patent for a three-cylinder locomotive was taken out in their joint names.
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	Sir William Howe
		Howe and his generals anticipated the winter weather to begin and with it the appropriate weather for campaigning to end, and began to settle down in New York.
		Howe wrote Germain that he may be able to finish this extended campaign by attacking Philadelphia, but found the task impossible and returned to New York on December 15 to settle into winter quarters.
		Howe used his expert military talents to their fullest, while battling the combined monster of a civil war, inept ministerial leadership, a practically irreplaceable army, and an unorthodox foe in an age when war was formal and regulated.
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	American Revolution - British General William Howe
		William Howe was born in England on August 10, 1729.
		After speaking with Howe and his brother Admiral Richard Howe about their role as peace commissioners, captured Continental Maj. General John Sullivan was allowed to go speak to the Continental Congress.
		Howe sailed to Chesapeake Bay and landed at Head of Elk, Maryland and began marching northward on August 28, 1777.
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	William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Howe's record in the war was marked by the unsuccessful although heroic attempt to capture Boston and the successful capture of New York City and Philadelphia (although at the expense of costly failure in the Battle of Saratoga which was to draw France into the war).
		William was born in England, the third son of Emmanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe and Mary Sophia, the daughter of Sophia Charlotte von Platen-Hallermund the Baroness Kielmansegge and Countess of Darlington (See Earl of Darlington)-a half-sister of King George I.
		In 1777, Howe made a fateful decision to abandon his assignment to capture the lower Hudson River from New York City northward as part of the Saratoga Campaign where he was to meet John Burgoyne attacking from Canada.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Howe,_5th_Viscount_Howe (1333 words)

	Revolutionary War Campaigns: General William Howe of the British Army
		Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, British general, was the younger brother of George Augustus, killed in the Ticonderoga expedition of 1758, and of Richard, 4th Viscount and afterwards Earl Howe, the admiral.
		Howe became major in 1756 and lieutenant colonel in 1757 of the 58th Regiment, which he commanded at the capture of Louisburg.
		Howe was made colonel of the 46th foot in 1764 and lieutenant-governor of the Isle of Wight 4 years later.
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	William Howe Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729-1814), was British army commander-in-chief in America during the early years of the Revolution.
		William Howe was born on Aug. 10, 1729, the younger brother of the future admiral Richard Howe.
		Meanwhile, Howe was confronted with the decisive defeat of Gen. Burgoyne's troops at Saratoga.
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	Sir William Howe - Part I
		In addition, Howe was well aware that, "His troops, highly trained and at the end of a pipeline stretching all the way across the Atlantic could not be replaced quickly, if at all."[28] This battle also reinforced his respect for the colonists that Howe's superiors in London lacked.
		Howe sailed for New York and landed unopposed on Staten Island in the early part of the summer where he awaitedâ the arrival of the additional troops.
		Howe was preparing for every conceivable obstacle and no doubt wanted his troops in top shape so that his crucial landing went smoothly.
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	American Revolution: General William Howe
		William Howe was one of the British generals during the Revolutionary War.
		General Howe became a full General in October, 1775, and he became the temporary Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in the 13 Colonies.
		Howe became the regular Commander-in-Chief in April, 1776.
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	Sir William Howe (General, British Army)
		As a Whig, Howe was opposed to British coercion of North America, but he obeyed King George III's orders and went to Boston in time to command the British troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775).
		Howe's advance from New York toward Philadelphia in the summer of 1777 has been criticized because he took his troops by ship up the Chesapeake Bay when he might have saved nearly a month by going up the Delaware River.
		Howe continued in royal favor, however, and was knighted and made a lieutenant general for his victory in the Battle of Long Island.
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	TheHistoryNet \| British Heritage \| General Sir William Howe
		In 1774, General William Howe ran for a seat in the House of Commons as representative of the largely Whig constituency of Nottingham.
		William Howe was one of three brothers in a family that had played a major role in defending the liberties of the American colonies.
		William, the youngest brother, had also fought against the French in North America, leading the assault on the Heights of Abraham that had assured General James Wolfe of victory at Quebec.
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	5th Viscount William Howe Howe - Encyclopedia.com
		William Howe Howe, 5th Viscount 1729-1814, English general in the American Revolution; younger brother of Admiral Richard Howe.
		He took up a military career, and in the last of the French and Indian Wars served with distinction at the capture of Louisburg and in the fight for Quebec (1759).
		After negotiations for a peaceful settlement failed, Howe led his troops in the successful battle of Long Island, captured New York City, and defeated the Continental Army at White Plains.
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	William Howe - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Howe, William, 5th Viscount Howe (1729-1814), British commander in chief in North America (1775-78) during the early years of the American...
		Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910), American author and reformer, born in New York City.
		Howe, Richard, Earl Howe (1726-1799), British admiral, who won important victories in both the American and French revolutions.
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	British General Sir William Howe, Admiral Richard Howe
		William Howe served in North America from 1758 to 1761 as a young officer, eventually leading his brigade up the cliffs at Quebec to help Wolf defeat Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham.
		General Howe's goings on with pretty blonde Betsey Loring, 25, whom he met in Boston in 1775 and was thought to have brought with him to New York (along with her complaisant husband), had already given rise to a number of salacious ditties.
		[In fact, William was called "Gentleman Johnny" by his soldiers.] Sir William, for instance, was reportedly shocked by the high number of British casualties during the frontal assault on Bunker Hill, which he led in June 1775.
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	People of the Revolution
		George William Frederick ascended to the throne in 1760 at the age of twenty-two.
		William Howe succeeded General Thomas Gage in 1775 as Commander of the British forces in the American Revolution.
		Howe's success in Philadelphia was overshadowed by General John Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga, and Howe was criticized for not cooperating with Burgoyne during the 1777 campaign.
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	British General Sir William Howe, Admiral Richard Howe
		When Vice Admiral Richard Howe arrived in New York to reinforce Major General Sir William Howe in July 1776 all British military in America was commanded by two men who not only were brothers but are believed to have been cousins of King George III.
		Together the Howe brothers commanded one of the largest military and naval forces assembled in the century.
		Another clue to the Howe brothers' intentions may have been shown in reports from London that Admiral Howe agreed to accept his command only with the understanding that he would have the right to act as Royal Commissioner in attempting to work out a reconciliation with the colonies.
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	William Howe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		William Howe had a further claim to distinction, he had perfected the 'Link Motion' for working steam locomotives expansively, having developed this form of valve gear, which had been first thought of by a young draughtsman, William Williams at the Forth Street Works.
		When William Howe died, in January 1879, the first glass memorial window was placed in the parish church in his memory.
		William Morris decorated the chancel and chancel arch of the church, and the Howe window, doutbtless to help his brother-in-law and his sister.
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	William Howe (b 1802)
		WILLIAM1 HOWE was born 1802 in Wellington, Som, Eng, and died Aft.
		She was born 1801 in Wellington, Som, Eng, and died Aft.
		Child of WILLIAM HOWE and ELIZABETH (HOWE) is:
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	The State \| 11/27/2006 \| George William Howe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Howe was born in Charlotte, NC, a son of the late George William Howe and Elizabeth Baxley Howe Stackhouse.
		Howe was a farmer and a member of Spring Branch Southern Methodist Church.
		Howe is survived by his wife, Harriet Johnson Howe of the home; a son, William Young Howe of Myrtle Beach; brothers, Robert B. Howe, David Stackhouse and Wilson Stackhouse, all of Marion; sisters, Anne S. Holland and Sara McDonald, both of Marion.
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	Howe Ancestors
		Howe was born in Bourbon County, KY November 23, 1829.
		Howe was born in Charleston, IL December 19, 1857.
		William Ellsworth Howe was born in IL March 22, 1862.
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	William Howe: Biography of William Howe
		Howe, Sir William (1729-1814), a British military officer, was the younger brother of Richard Howe.
		Three years before the Revolution, he was made major-general, and in 1775 was sent to the relief of Gage at Boston.
		He was succeeded by Sir Henry Clinton in 1778, and though his activities after his occupation of Philadelphia led to an investigation, he was not reproved.
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	William Howe Biography \| arrl_01_package.xml
		William Howe was the British general given credit not for losing the war against the American rebels, but for failing to win it.
		William's grandmother had been a mistress (lover, not a wife) of King George I and bore him a child, from whom William and his brothers and sisters were descended.
		In later years, when Richard was made an admiral in the navy and William a general in the army, some of their critics claimed that they received their positions as a result of the king's favor.
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	William Howe
		William Howe served under James Wolfe at Quebec in 1759, led British forces at Bunker Hill in 1775 and succeeded Thomas Gage as commander-in-chief in America.
		Howe was roundly criticized for continuing of enjoy the pleasures of Philadelphia rather than press on with the hostilities.
		Howe's decision to move on Philadelphia rather than join General Burgoyne in 1777 may have been the decisive decision of the war.
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		This book shows how their “location in history” (Xers were, in fact, the real “children of the Consciousness Revolution”) helps explain their pragmatic attitude and unduly negative reputation.
		In this handbook, Howe, Strauss, and industry insider Pete Markiewicz bare the heart and soul of a new generation of youth.
		In an exclusive interview with Camping Magazine, Neil Howe shares his collective instinct for generational development and tells us in definitive terms what the new generation of teens is all about and how they will influence the camp community for years to come.
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	General William Howe
		William Howe was a member of a very wealthy family in England.
		William and Richard both chose a life in the military.
		William Howe was not a stranger in North America.
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		The 1910 Who's Who in America tells about this bovine afficianado "especially noted as [a] painter of cattle." W. Howe was born in northeastern Ohio in 1846, at Ravenna, which is halfway between Akron and Youngstown.
		His parents, Elisha and Celestia Russell Howe, sent him to the common schools of the area, but William's interests and abilities later took him to Paris, where he studied with Otto de Thoren and Vuillefroy.
		Howe married Julia May Clark of St. Louis in 1876.
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