1721 - 1780 (59 years)
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| Name |
Thomas Desaguliers |
| Prefix |
Lieutenant-General |
| Birth |
5 Jan 1721 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1 Mar 1780 |
| Person ID |
I83382 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
4 Nov 2018 |
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| Notes |
- Lieutenant-General Thomas Desaguliers FRS was a British Army general and a Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery.
Desaguliers was born 5 January 1721, the youngest son of Dr. John Theophilus Desaguliers. He was the grandson of Jean Desaguliers who, as Protestant pastor of Aytré, near La Rochelle, was exiled in 1682 prior to the revocation of the edict of Nantes. Jean was ordained in the Anglican Church, but served briefly as lecteur at the French chapel in Swallow Street, London
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