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    Charles Michael Sweeny (January 26, 1882 – February 27, 1963) was an American soldier of fortune, United States Army lieutenant colonel, French Foreign...
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  • Charles Francis Sweeny (October 3, 1909 or 1910, Scranton, Pennsylvania – March 11, 1993) was an American businessman and socialite who played a major...
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  • Sweeny is a surname which may refer to: Alastair Sweeny (born 1946), Canadian publisher, historian, and author Charles Sweeny (1882–1963), American soldier...
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    Ethel Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll (née Whigham, formerly Sweeny; 1 December 1912 – 25 July 1993) was a Scottish heiress, socialite, and aristocrat...
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  • Manners, Duchess of Rutland (née Sweeny; 19 June 1937 – 21 January 2024) was a British peeress and socialite. The wife of Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland...
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    the Lafayette Escadrille, bombarded civilians in the city. Colonel Charles Sweeny had proposed the idea to French Prime Minister Paul Painlevé, who "warmly...
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    (His uncle, also named Charles Sweeny, had been working along similar lines, recruiting American pilots to fight in France.) Sweeny's efforts were also coordinated...
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    Royal Guard, or Garde Chérifienne. The squadron was led by Charles Sweeny. Colonel Charles Sweeny, an American pilot who had served in World War I, proposed...
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    Margaret Whigham. Wearing a spectacular Hartnell dress, her wedding to Charles Sweeny stopped the traffic in Knightsbridge. As Margaret, Duchess of Argyll...
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  • Hugh Charles Sweeny from Dalby, Queensland along with two other sailors were the first Australian POWs captured in World War II. They were captured during...
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