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Samuel Ford Whittingham
Lieutenant General Sir Samuel Ford Whittingham (29 January 1772 – 19 January 1841), whose Christian names were contracted by himself and his friends into "Samford", was a British and Spanish army officer during the Napoleonic Wars. Following the conflict he served in the British Army predominately in India.
Biography.
Whittingham was the elder son and second child of William Whittingham of Bristol. Born in Bristol on 29 January 1772, Samuel Ford was educated at Bristol and was intended for the law. He
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