>>The Brits should know this one if they know their country's history well enough.
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>Yes, we're not all that hot on world history - most our history lessons were taken up with Europe - Alsace & Lorraine, the French Revolution and the N. Wars, repeal of the Corn Laws, and crap like that. To my shame I've never heard of the above generals.
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>The only British possession I know of in S. America was British Honduras (Now Belize). Hilmar may have been on to something in that the British DID take THE FALKLANDS off the Argentinians originally. But I doubt if a city existed then.?

That was in 1833 or thereabout. There was no city but a small military garrison. The answer is in the South American mainland.

OK. Feel free to Google or maybe WikiPedia generals Whitelocke and/or Beresford. I haven't and may do so later in a longer work break to see what they say.

>Incidentally, trivia, no looking up, how did the hispanic-named "Malvinas" get that name?

Good question! I used to know it when I was a kid. I frankly forgot and can't come up with the answer of the top of my head. I'll have to look that one up later.