Samuel Auchmuty (British Army officer)
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Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, was an American-born British Army general, who served in a number of military campaigns in India, Africa and South America during the Napoleonic period.
Sir Samuel Auchmuty
Samuel Auchmuty by Thomas Lawrence
Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet
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General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet, of Newbyth, GCB was a British Army officer.
Portrait by John Watson Gordon, c. 1825
Baird discovered the body of Tipu Sultan after storming Seringapatam. Engraved from an 1839 painting by David Wilkie.
Detail. Gold sword's hit, inlaid with enamel and diamonds. Presented to Sir David Baird by his officers to commemorate his victory at Seringapatam. From England, 1799 AD. National Museum of Scotland
Sculpture of Baird by Lawrence Macdonald, 1828