LC control no. | no2010175705 |
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Personal name heading | Devereux, John, 1778-1860 |
Variant(s) | D'Evereux, General, 1778-1860 Evereux, General d', 1778-1860 D'Evereux, Major-General, 1778-1860 Evereux, Major-General d', 1778-1860 |
Found in | An appeal to the Irish nation, on the character and conduct of General D'Evereux, 1820: t.p. (General d'Evereux) Byrne, James P. Ireland and the Americas (Devereux, John, b. in Wexford, Ireland in 1778, d. in London, 1860; lived in exile in the United States in the early 19th century; was never given a commission by any armed forces to be a general; Arrived in Cartagena, Cololmbia, in 1815 with a cargo of arms for the Bolívar rebels; raised an Irish legion of soldiers beginning in 1819 which served with Simón Bolívar in the South American struggle for independence from the Spanish crown) OCLC database Oct. 28, 2010 (usage: General D'Evereux, Major-General D'Evereux, John Devereux, Jun; hdg.: D'Evereux, John) |