Portrait of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British soldier, c1817. Artist: Thomas Lawrence.


Portrait of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British soldier, c1817. General Graham (1748-1843) served with distinction in the French Revolutionary Wars, capturing Malta from the French in 1800. In the Peninsular War he served as aide-de-camp to Sir John Moore in the Corunna campaign (1808), then with distiction at the siege of Cadiz (1811) where he was the victor of the Battle of Barrosa. He later joined Wellington and commanded the allied left wing throughout the campaign of 1813. Lyndoch, the Barossa Valley and the Barossa Ranges of South Australia were all named in his honour. From the collection of Apsley House, London.


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