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Prescott, Robert, 1725-1816

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Personal name headingPrescott, Robert, 1725-1816
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Variant(s)Veteran, 1725-1816
See alsoQuebec (Province). Governor (1796-1799 : Prescott)
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Birth date1725
Death date1816
Place of birthLancashire (England)
Place of deathWest Sussex (England)
AffiliationGreat Britain. Army
Profession or occupationColonial administrators Generals
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Found inHis A letter from a veteran, to the officers of the army encamped at Boston, 1774 (name not given)
Wikipedia, viewed April 27, 2022: (General Robert Prescott ... was a British military officer and colonial administrator, During a military career which spanned over fifty years, he participated in the Seven Years' War, the French and Indian War, and the American Revolutionary War ... He later became the Governor of Martinique and then, in 1796, Governor General of the Canadas, and the British Army's Commander-in-Chief for North America)
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DNB (Prescott, Robert, 1725-1816)