ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Who was the general mocked in Gilbert and Sullivan's song I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General?

Dramatist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan often used real-life inspiration for their characters.

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