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See also:ALTEN, See also:SIR See also:CHARLES [Karl] (1764–1840) , Hanoverian and See also:British soldier, son of See also:Baron Alten, a member of an old Hanoverian See also:family, entered the service of the elector as a See also:page at the See also:age of twelve. In 1781 he received a See also:commission in the Hanoverian See also:guards, and as a See also:captain took See also:part in the See also:campaigns of 1793–1795 in the See also:Low Countries, distinguishing himself particularly on the Lys in command of See also:light See also:infantry. In 1803 the Hanoverian See also:army was disbanded, and Alten took service with the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:German See also:Legion in British pay. In command of the light infantry of this famous See also:corps he took part with See also:Lord See also:Cathcart in the Hanoverian expedition of 18o5 and in the See also:siege of See also:Copenhagen in 1807, and was with See also:Moore in See also:Sweden and See also:Spain, as well as in the disastrous Walcheren expedition. He was soon employed once more in the See also:Peninsula, and at See also:Albuera commanded a See also:brigade. In See also:April 1813 See also:Wellington placed him at the See also:head of the famous " Light See also:Division " (43rd, 52nd, 95th, and Cacadores), in which See also:post he worthily continued the records of Moore and See also:Robert See also:Craufurd at Nivelle, Nive, See also:Orthez and
See also:Toulouse. His See also:officers presented him with a See also:sword of See also:honour as a token of their esteem. In 1815 Alten commanded Wellington's 3rd division and was severely wounded at See also:Waterloo. His conduct won for him the See also:rank of See also:Count von Alten. When the King's German Legion ceased to exist, Alten was given the command of the Hanoverians in See also:France, and in 1818 he returned to See also:Hanover, where he became subsequently See also:minister of See also:war and See also:foreign affairs, and See also:rose to be See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field-See also:marshal, being retained on the British Army See also:list at the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time as See also:Major-See also:General Sir Charles Alten, G. C. B. He died in 1840. A memorial to Alten has been erected at Hanover.
See See also:Gentleman's See also:Magazine, 184o; N. L. Beamish, Hist. of the King's German Legion, 2 vols. (1832-1837).
End of Article: ALTEN, SIR CHARLES [Karl] (1764–1840)
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