About Arthur Whetham
Lived 1783 – 1853 (aged 69–70). Arthur Whetham was an English and British military leader.
Major-General Arthur Whetham ( 1783 – 13 May 1853) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth.
Family and early life Arthur Whetham was born in 1783 the son of John Whetham. an officer in the 12th Regiment of Foot, who died during a Siege of Gibraltar. -1813 He took part in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in 1799 and was wounded at the Battle of Montevideo in February 1807 during the British invasions of the River Plate. He was also colonel of the 60th Regiment of Foot.
He died on 13 May 1853.
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British Army general
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Arthur Whetham was born in 1783.
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Arthur Whetham died on 13 May 1853.
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