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Gordon
military officer · army commander
British major-general commanding the troops occupying Madeira from July 1812 until their departure on 3 October 1814. He had an English soldier executed in 1813, ignoring the governor's protest and offending Portuguese sovereignty. A Gordon also sat on the English committees that ran the Santo António da Serra pilgrims' house until 1832.
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- Almeida (Luís Beltrão de Gouveia e) — Commander of the British troops occupying Madeira, who had an English soldier hanged, offending Portuguese sovereignty.
- Capital executions — Commander of the British forces occupying Madeira who ignored the governor's protest over the 1813 execution.
- Pilgrims’ houses — Member of the English committees that ran the Santo António da Serra pilgrims' house until 1832.
- Occupation of Madeira by British troops — British major-general commanding in Madeira from July 1812 until the troops left on 3 October 1814.
