William caldwell attorney
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CALDWELL, WILLIAM, army and militia officer, merchant, jp, and Indian Department official; b. c. 1750 in County Fermanagh (Northern Ireland), probably the son of William Caldwell and his wife Rebecka; father of a mixed-blood son, Billy Caldwell*; m. 1783 Suzanne Baby, daughter of Jacques Baby*, dit Dupéront, and they had five sons and three daughters; d. 20 Feb. 1822 in Amherstburg, Upper Canada.
William Caldwell came to North America in 1773. He served as an officer in the campaign of 1774 waged by the governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore, against the Indians of the Pennsylvania and Virginia frontier. With the outbreak of the American revolution, Caldwell fought in Dunmore’s forces again, taking part in the storming of Norfolk, Va, early in 1776. Defeated, Dunmore had to withdraw his troops by sea to New York.
When Caldwell recovered from his wounds, he went to Fort Niagara (near Youngstown, N.Y.) and was appointed captain in Butler’s Rangers [see John Butler*]. In the rangers’ campaigns Caldwell was “a very active Partisan,” ac
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Bill Caldwell
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Bill Caldwell was born in Glasgow on 30 September 1946, the son of William McComish, an opera singer and musical director. At the age of 12 he changed his name to Caldwell (his mother’s name). Educated at Vale of Leven Academy, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, he began work at Hambro’s merchant bank (1967) but left after a year to study graphics at Stockport College of Technology. He worked at first in advertising, and, as he recalled, “got roped into doing cartoons for the odd newspaper ad and liked it.” Shortly after selling his first joke cartoon to the Daily Sketch in 1971 Caldwell turned full-time freelance cartoonist.
Caldwell sold cartoons to the Daily Mirror and The Sun, and for seven years syndicated nine weekly strips to ninety provincial and overseas papers via P.A. Features and Advance Features. A topical pocket cartoon then brought him to the attention of Express Newspapers, who hired him as pocket cartoonist for their new title, the Daily Star, when it was launched on 2 November 1978. Originally recruited to
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William B. Caldwell IV
US Army general (born 1954)
For other people named William Caldwell, see William Caldwell (disambiguation).
William B. "Bill" Caldwell IV (born January 24, 1954)[4] is a retired United States Army officer and the current President of Georgia Military College.[5] Caldwell's final military assignment was as Commanding General of United States Army North, also known as the Fifth Army.
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Originally from Columbus, Georgia, Caldwell's family moved frequently as his father, William B. Caldwell, III was a serving officer in the US Army. His father retired as a Lieutenant General while serving as the Commander of Fifth Army, and he himself would eventually retire as a Lieutenant General while also serving as commander of Fifth US Army. During Caldwell's early childhood, his father was stationed at the United States Military Academy. Caldwell attended the SHAPE American High School at SHAPE,[6] Belgium followed by Hargrave Military Academy,[7] a private military boarding school in Chatham, Virginia. Fro
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