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'''Basil Hargreaves''' was the [[Duke]] of [[Chesterton]] in [[3145]].<ref name=FM3145p42>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 42, "Fourth St. Ives Sentinels"</ref>

==History==
His family was granted hereditary stewardship of the [[Chesterton]] system as part of the [[Chesterton Decree]] of [[2840]] despite the system being part of the [[Federated Suns]] at the time.<ref name="HB:HLp38">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 38, "Timeline: Second and Third Succession Wars"</ref>

In December of [[3144]], [[Operation CELESTIAL REWARD]] saw the capture of Chesterton by the [[Fifth McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] and [[Second Tikonov Guards]] from the  [[Federated Suns]]. The defending [[Twelfth Vegan Rangers]] retreated to [[Ulan Batar]] rather than face destruction.<ref name=FM3145p32>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 32, "Fifth McCarron's Armored Cavalry"</ref> The capture of Chesterton and surrounding worlds has resulted in the re-formation of the [[Chesterton Commonality]] and the reinstatement of the Hargreaves Family as hereditary rulers.<ref name=FM3145p42/>

He was the first member of the family to actually sit in the place of his duke-home.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''

[[Category: Capellan Confederation Characters|Hargreaves, Basil]]