Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, (1891-1969), 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Field Marshal

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Alternative name(s):	Tunis (Also known as)
Surname:	Alexander
Forenames:	Harold Rupert Leofric George
Gender:	Male
Date:	1891-1969
Title:	1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
History:	Field Marshal. Service in 1st World War followed by overseas & staff appts. Supervised evacuation of Dunkirk 1940. Fought in Burma Campaign & North Africa. Led campaigns in Tunisia, Sicily, Italy. C-in-C to Eisenhower. Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean.
Biography:	ODNB link for Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George (1891-1969) 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Field Marshal
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275586 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P145339 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1941-1946: War Office: Earl Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre: Papers	The National Archives, Kew	WO 214
2	1942-48: accounts of campaigns, corresp and papers rel to Brazil	Library and Archives Canada	MG27 IIIA1	See General inventory manuscripts
3	1941-45: corresp and papers	The National Archives	WO 214	See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
4	1942-45: corresp with Lord Alanbrooke	King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives	KCLMA Brooke	NRA 23116
5	1944-54: corresp with Lord Cherwell	Oxford University: Nuffield College Library	CSAC 80.4.81	NRA 16447
6	1944-49: corresp with Sir Stafford Cripps	The National Archives	CAB127/118
7	1933-67: corresp with Sir BH Liddell Hart	King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives	KCLMA Liddell Hart B H	NRA 19291
8	1941-1957: corresp with Edward Seago	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	ESEA