Writing an opinion article for Irish whiskey and Greece, is not an easy task, but still, it is just an opinion, a trigger (hopefully) for discussion and comments.
The history of the Greek Revolution can be a good starting point to read about Sir Richard Church (23 February 1784 – 20 March 1873), a British military officer in the British Army and commander of the Greek forces during the last stages of the Greek War of Independence, after 1827. After the war, he became a general in the Hellenic Army and a member of the Greek Senate.