Edward Braddock
army general from Great Britain (1695–1755)
Major-General Edward Braddock (January 1695 – 13 July 1755) was a British Army officer who served in the War of the Austrian Succession and French and Indian War. He is best known for his command of a disastrous expedition against French forces in the Ohio River Valley in 1755 which led to his death.
Early career
Edward Braddock was born in London, England in January 1695, the son of Major-general Edward Braddock of the 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards and his wife. Braddock followed his father into the British Army; at the age of 15, he was commissioned at the rank of ensign into his father's regiment on 11 October 1710. Braddock was promoted to lieutenant of the regimental grenadier company in 1716. On 26 May 1718, he fought a duel in Hyde Park, London with a British colonel named Waller.
Braddock was promoted to captain in 1736, at the age of 41. He was promoted again to major in 1743, and was made lieutenant colonel of the regiment on 21 November 1745. During the War of the Austrian Succession, Braddock participated in the siege of Bergen op Zoom in 1747. On 17 February 1753, he was appointed as colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot, and in the following year was promoted to the rank of major general.
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