George Don (British Army officer)
General Sir George Don GCB GCH (30 April 1756 – 17 January 1832) was a senior British Army military officer and colonial governor during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His service was conducted across Europe, but his most important work was in military and defensive organisation against the threat of French invasion during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Don was also frequently requested for advisory and espionage work by British generals and was once employed by the Prussian State as a spy. In 1799 he was arrested during a truce by Guillaume Brune who accused him of attempting to foment rebellion in the Batavian Republic and was not released until the Peace of Amiens. During and following the wars, Don also served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey and Gov
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George Don (British Army officer)
General Sir George Don GCB GCH (30 April 1756 – 17 January 1832) was a senior British Army military officer and colonial governor during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His service was conducted across Europe, but his most important work was in military and defensive organisation against the threat of French invasion during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Don was also frequently requested for advisory and espionage work by British generals and was once employed by the Prussian State as a spy. In 1799 he was arrested during a truce by Guillaume Brune who accused him of attempting to foment rebellion in the Batavian Republic and was not released until the Peace of Amiens. During and following the wars, Don also served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey and Gov
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• Flanders Campaign
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• Invasion of the Batavian Republic
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• Siege of Fort St. Philip, Menorca
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• Walcheren Expedition
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1756-04-30
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1832-01-17
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Colonel of 3rd (the East Kent) Regiment of Foot
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Colonel of the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot
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Colonel of the 7th West India Regiment
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Colonel of the 96th Regiment of Foot
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General Sir George Don GCB GCH ...... ant Governor of Jersey and Gov
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George Don, né le 30 avril 175 ...... néral français Guillaume Brune
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