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described him as a "man of striking appearance, being tall, erect, and soldier-like in his bearing. He was gentleman of scholarly attainments, and spoke the French, Spanish, Russian, German, and
Italian languages with the fluency of a native." Another source states that "he died in 1877 without ever
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Granada, at that time the capital of Nicaragua, during the early hours of November 23, 1856. During this incident, he was in Granada with 419 men under orders from Walker to set the city on fire. The next day he was surrounded by some 2,800 Central American troops,
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British nobility in his actions. The family lived in Brussels from at least the time of his birth until the onset of the
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