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William Fermor
William Fermor by Aleksey Antropov, 1765
Other name(s)
Wilhelm von Fermor
Born
(1702-09-28)September 28, 1702 Pskov
Died
February 8, 1771(1771-02-08) (aged 68) Nītaure
Allegiance
Russian Empire
Service/branch
Imperial Russian Army
Rank
General-in-chief
Battles/wars
War of the Polish Succession
Siege of Danzig
Seven Years' War
Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf
Battle of Zorndorf
Raid on Berlin
Awards
• Order of St. Andrew
• Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
• Order of Saint Anna
• Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
Relations
Counts Fermor
Count William Fermor (Russian: Ви́ллим Ви́ллимович Фе́рмор, romanized: Víllim Víllimovich Férmor/Villim Villimovich Fermor) was an Imperial Russian Army officer best known for leading his country’s army at the Battle of Zorndorf during the Seven Years’ War. His name is sometimes styled Wilhelm Graf von Fermor.
Thomas Fermor, 2nd Baron Leominster. The title became extinct upon the death of the fifth earl in 1867. The Fermor family descended from Richard Fermor (d...
Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor DSO OBE (11 February 1915 – 10 June 2011) was an English writer, scholar, soldier and polyglot. He played a prominent...
Plot Lady Juliana Fermor Penn, correspondent of U.S. President John Adams Lady Charlotte Fermor, British royal governess WilliamFermor, 1st Baron Leominster...
the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1935 for Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 8th Baronet, who had previously briefly represented Enfield in...
fought on 25 August 1758 between Russian troops commanded by Count WilliamFermor and a Prussian army commanded by King Frederick the Great. The battle...
Neston near Towcester in Northamptonshire, England. It was built by WilliamFermor, 1st Baron Leominster (1648–1711), in the Baroque style to the design...
(1722–1785), British Army officer George Fermor, 3rd Earl of Pomfret (1768–1830) George Richard WilliamFermor, 5th Earl of Pomfret (1824–1867) This disambiguation...
Katherine who married firstly Sir WilliamFermor (d.1558) (Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1540 and son of Sir Henry Fermor of East Barsham in Norfolk) and...
Sir Lewis Leigh Fermor, OBE, FRS (18 September 1880 – 24 May 1954), was a British chemist and geologist and the first president of the Indian National...
Billesdon 1532–33: Sir Stephen Peacock 1538–39: Sir WilliamFermor 1552–53: Sir George Barne 1555–56: Sir William Gerard 1579–80: Sir Nicholas Woodroffe 1582–83:...
duration of the war. In January 1758 a Russian army commanded by Count WilliamFermor again invaded East Prussia, where the few remaining Prussian troops...
Thomas Fermor (by 1523–1580) was an English politician. He was born a younger son of merchant Richard Fermor and was the brother-in-law of John Mordaunt...
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