Hadow

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Hadow is a Scottish surname. A number of notable people have this name: *Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Lovell Hadow (1877–1968) who was commanding the Royal Newfoundland Regiment on the day of its destruction on the first day of the Battle of the Somme *Colonel Arthur De Salis Hadow (1858–1915) was commander of the 10th battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment and was killed in the Battle of Loos. *Charles Scott Hadow (1801–1849) co-owner of Willis, Hadow and Co, wine merchants of Scot's Yard, Bush lane, London and trader in India. *Douglas Robert Hadow (1846–1865) who died during the descent after the first ascent of the Matterhorn *Edward Ash Hadow, (1831–1866) chemist who conducted pioneering research on cyanide. * Major-General Frederick Edward Hadow (1836–1915) served during the Indian Mutiny, in the Madras Artillery, later became a Justice of the Peace in Hereford. *Professor George Hadow (1712–1780) professor of Hebrew and oriental languages at St Mary's College, University of St Andrews from 1748 to 1780 *Canon Gerald Edgcumbe Hadow OBE (1911–1978) Missionary to Tanzania. *Gilbert Bethune Hadow (1832–1876) Surgeon in the 1st Battalion 5th Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers) *Sir Gordon Hadow (1908–1993) masterminded the transition of Gold Coast to independence from Great Britain.…

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1. date of death: 1831 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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