Richard Luard

Richard Luard

Major-General Richard George Amherst Luard, CB (29 July, 1827 – 24 July, 1891) was a British Army officer. He was the oldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Luard, who had served at Waterloo. Luard was educated at Sandhurst, served in India, the Crimea and China and became General Officer Commanding the Forces Canada from 1880 to 1884.

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* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004798 Richard George Amherst Luard] at The Canadian Encyclopedia
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6243 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]


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