Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer was the regiment's first permanent commander and, like such generals as George S. Patton and Terry De La Mesa Allen in their rise to military prominence, Custer was a believer in blood and guts warfare.

After the Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run and the retirement of the aged Winfield Scott in late 1861, Lincoln appointed Major General George B. McClellan general-in-chief of all the Union armies.

George Herman Ruth, Jr. ( February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948 ), best known as " Babe " Ruth and nicknamed " the Bambino " and " the Sultan of Swat ", was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) playing for three teams ( 1914 – 1935 ).

* George Scott ( first baseman ), Major League Baseball player nicknamed " Boomer "

* 1864 – American Civil War: Franklin-Nashville Campaign – Battle of Nashville – Major General George H. Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.

Beatty's other brothers were Charles Harold Longfield ( 1870 – 1917 ) who served with distinction in the South Africa wars before dying from complications after losing an arm in Flanders, Richard George ( 1882 – 1915 ) who died on active service in India, William Vandeleur Schruder ( 1873 – 1935 ) who became an army Major and Newmarket horse trainer, and one sister Kathleen Roma ( 1875 –).

On 28 August 1924 Blyton married Major Hugh Alexander Pollock, DSO ( 1888 – 1971 ), editor of the book department in the publishing firm of George Newnes, which published two of her books that year.

During the War of 1812, Key, accompanied by the American Prisoner Exchange Agent Colonel John Stuart Skinner, dined aboard the British ship HMS Tonnant, as the guests of three British officers: Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane, Rear Admiral George Cockburn, and Major General Robert Ross.

There were four men chiefly responsible for bringing Major League Baseball to Houston: George Kirksey and Craig Cullinan, who had led a futile attempt to purchase the St. Louis Cardinals in 1952 ; R. E.

Major was Prime Minister during the first Gulf War of 1991, and played a key role in persuading US President George H. W. Bush to support no-fly zones.

John Major with then-US President George H. W. Bush at Camp David in 1992

Reverend Major George Neal began to preach in Niagara in October 1786, and was ordained in 1810 by Bishop Philip Asbury, at the Lyons, New York Methodist Conference.

* 1962 – George Mogridge, Major League Baseball pitcher ( b. 1889 )

Major figures in these fields include Knut Schmidt-Nielsen and George Bartholomew.

* 19-Ken Brett, 55, former Major League Baseball player, brother of George Brett.

** Major Edmund Lockyer arrives at King George Sound to take possession of the western part of Australia, establishing a settlement near Albany.

* December 25, 1826 – Major Edmund Lockyer arrives at King George Sound to take possession of the western part of Australia, establishing a settlement near Albany.

** George Brett, American Major League Baseball player

* Boies represented New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in a suit against Major League Baseball.

To counter the French military presence in Ohio, in October 1753 Dinwiddie ordered the 21-year-old Major George Washington ( whose brother was another Ohio Company investor ) of the Virginia Regiment to warn the French to leave Virginia territory.

Major bus depots include the Port Authority Bus Terminal at 42nd Street, the George Washington Bridge Bus Station, and the Journal Square Transportation Center in Jersey City.

They had three children, Beatrice Smith ( March 19, 1911 – October 24, 1952 ), Ruth Ellen Patton Totten ( February 28, 1915 – November 25, 1993 ), who wrote The Button Box: A Loving Daughter's Memoir of Mrs. George S. Patton, and George Patton IV ( December 24, 1923 – June 27, 2004 ), who followed in his father's footsteps, attending West Point and eventually rising to the rank of Major General as an armor officer in the United States Army.

Examples include Geena Davis, Morley Safer, Ashley Judd, Gordon Elliott, former Major League pitcher Bill Lee, and astronaut John Grunsfeld calling from the Space Shuttle.

Notable residents have included politician Winston Churchill, designer Laura Ashley, philosopher Swami Vivekananda, actor Laurence Olivier, illustrator and author Aubrey Beardsley, Kenyan nationalist Jomo Kenyatta and inventor of lawn tennis Major Walter Wingfield.

Major fashion retailers include British Home Stores, Next, Primark, Topshop / Topman, H & M, New Look, River Island, Zara, USC, Lacoste, All Saints, Tucci, Laura Ashley, Karen Millen, French Connection, Guess, G-Star RAW and JD Sports.

* Major Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley ( married 3 February 1927 – 28 November 1934 )

Major shopping districts in the area include the City Market and King Street in Charleston, Savannah Highway in West Ashley ( Charleston suburb ), Daniel Island ( Charleston suburb ), North Charleston, Johnny Dodds Boulevard in Mount Pleasant, Boundary Street and Bay Street in Beaufort, and U. S. 278 in Bluffton and Hilton Head Island.

During World War II, Anthony's father, Major Lord Ashley served as a British Intelligence Officer with the Auxiliary Units, which were highly covert Resistance groups trained to engage and counteract the expected invasion of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany.

While Major Lord Ashley was trained at Coleshill House near Highworth, Wiltshire, specific details regarding his assignments and operational base remain classified .< ref >

He married, secondly, in 1954, to Sylvia Ashley, a onetime English showgirl who was the former wife of Major Lord Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Clark Gable, and the widow of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.

The Rocky Mountain Fur Company, sometimes called Ashley's Hundred, was organized in St. Louis, Missouri in 1823 by General William H. Ashley and Major Andrew Henry ( c. 1775-1832 ).

Major Andrew Henry ( c. 1775 – 1832 ) was an American fur trader who, with William H. Ashley started the Rocky Mountain Fur Company in 1822.

The resolves were debated and approved by a committee of eleven local citizens: Deacon Silas Kellog, Col. John Ashley ( committee moderator ), Dr. Lemuel Bernard, Aaron Root, Major John Fellows, Philip Callender, Capt.

Major facilities include Jubilee Reserve, Mary Crescent Reserve, Ashley Shave Skatepark, the Alf Faulkner community centre and the Eden Hill Primary School.

Rhett is worried about her, and ascertaining the reasons behind her current state, he promises to use his connections in Washington, DC to find out whether Major Wilkes has been captured or not.

Here, they were joined by Colonel Benjamin Cleveland and Major Joseph Winston with 350 men from Surry and Wilkes counties.

Kevin Patrick Reese ( born March 11, 1978 in San Diego, California ) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who last played for the New York Yankees Triple-A club, the Scranton / Wilkes Barre Yankees.

Major ( temporary Lieutenant-Colonel ) Profumo was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) ( military ) " in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy ", on 21 December 1944.

Major Marie-Edmond Paul Garneau, of the Royal 22e Regiment | Royal 22 < sup > e </ sup > Régiment, with the Distinguished Service Order he received for " gallant and distinguished services in the combined Dieppe Raid | attack on Dieppe " after his investiture at Buckingham Palace in October 1942.

:" To the memory of William Mahone, Major General, CSA, a distinguished Confederate Commander, whose valor and strategy at the Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864, won for himself and his gallant brigade undying fame.

His original company commander, Major Leslie Payne, noted McGee's " sterling qualities as a leader " and stated: " His ability in the carrying out of certain important tasks early in the year was most marked and ... there is in my opinion, and the opinion of many others, no more gallant and capable non-commissioned officer in the battalion.

Significantly, Myles Keogh received his first brevet for " gallant and meritorious services " during the battle and was promoted to the rank of Major.