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'Ney', (1769- 1815), 1830. Michel Ney (1769- 1815) French soldier and military commander in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.One of 18 Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon he was court martialled for treason and executed by firing squad in Paris following Napoleon's defeat. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]