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Stedman, John Gabriel (1744–1797), army officer and author, was born on 4 April 1744 in Dendermonde, the Netherlands, the eldest of the five children of Robert Stedman (1701–1770), a Scot and a lieutenant-colonel in the Scots brigade, a mercenary unit, and his wife, ...
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Subjects: Military History ; Land Forces and Warfare
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