age ~52
from Alexandria, LA
1859
Captain
In 1853, having left the Regular Army, he was commissioned Major in the Essex Rifles..
First Lieutenant
…ceasefire as permanent. However, the slow pace of developments contributed in part to the (wider) political difficulties of the British government of John Major and the consequent reliance on Ulster Unionist Party votes in the House of Commons, led the IRA to end its ceasefire and resume the...
… Adley became leader of the Conservative backbench committee on transport and then the Chairman of the Commons Transport Select Committee.[2] He became a leading opponent of the plans being made by John Major's government for the privatisation of British Rail, describing it a "poll tax on wh...
…The Provisional IRA declared a ceasefire in the autumn of 1994. The John Major-led Conservative government had asked that the IRA decommission all of their weapons before Sinn Fin be admitted to the talks, but the Labour government of Tony Blair later let them in on the basis of the ceasefir...