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Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
British military commander and field marshal; Governor General of Canada (1891-1969)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 10 December 1891
- Died
- 16 June 1969
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Slough
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Harold
- Family name
- Alexander
- Child
- Shane Alexander, 2nd Earl Alexander of Tunis, Lady Rose Alexander, Brian Alexander, Lady Susan Alexander
- Position held
- Governor General of Canada, member of the House of Lords, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Constable of the Tower, Secretary of State for Defence, Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, Lord Lieutenant of the County of London, defence minister
- Native language
- British English
- Awards
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Military Cross, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Service Order, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, Order of Suvorov, 1st class, Legionnaire of Legion of Merit, Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, Knight of the Garter
- allegiance
- British Army
- artist files at
- Frick Art Research Library
- birth name
- Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- 15th Army Group
- copyright representative
- reproduction right not represented by CISAC member
- described by source
- Thom's Irish Who's Who
- educated at
- Harrow School, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Hawtreys
- end of work period
- 1946
- has works in the collection
- Chartwell
- honorific prefix
- The Right Honourable
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- military branch
- British Army
- military, police or special rank
- field marshal, general
- name in native language
- Harold Alexander, 1. Earl Alexander of Tunis
- place of burial
- Hertfordshire
- work location
- London
- writing language
- British English
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