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John Holt Duncan
John Holt Duncan (July 7, 1820 – May 27, 1896) was one of eight founders of Beta Theta Pi, a prominent college fraternity founded at Miami University in 1839 and was its first president.
Biography.
John was born in Cynthiana, Kentucky to John Hicks Duncan and Pauline Randolph Holt.
He made a career in law as a lawyer and judge in Houston & Bexar County, Texas. He served as a Confederate Artillery Captain in the 31st Texas Cavalry during the Civil War
1961 to 1970, he was educated at Gresham's School, an independent boarding school in Holt, Norfolk.
Military career.
On 10 March 1973, having attended Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Duncan was commissioned into The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire (PWO), British Army, as a second lieutenant with seniority from 8 March 1973. Duncan eventually rose to command the regiment in 1990 as a lieutenant-colonel, and would lead the PWO through two deployments. The first was to Northern Ireland in