Godard van Reede, 1st Earl of Athlone was a Dutch States Army officer who rose to prominence during the Williamite War in Ireland. During the Franco-Dutch War, his bravery and meticulous execution of
Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1691–1703
Godard van Reede-Ginkel at the age of sixteen, by Jürgen Ovens.
Portrait of Lieutenant-General Godert de Ginkel in 1690, by Adriaen van der Werff.
William III makes Ginkel Earl of Athlone for his services. 19th century depiction.
William Dorrington
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William Dorrington was an English army officer. Contemporary sources often spell his surname as "Dorington", or "Dodington".
Dodington Hall, Somerset, ancestral home of the Dodington or Dorrington family; heraldic evidence suggests William Dorrington was a member