William O'Grady Haly
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Sir William O’Grady Haly (1810 – 19 March 1878) was an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 General who was the general officer commanding British forces in North America.

Haly fought in the Crimean War
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...

. He was the father of Major General Sir Richard Hebden O'Grady Haly
Richard Hebden O'Grady Haly
Major-General Sir Richard Hebden O'Grady Haly, KCB was a British Army officer and served as General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada from 1900 to 1902.-Military career:...

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