Thomas Erle | |
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 Arms of Erle: Gules, three escallops argent a bordure engrailed of the last[1] | |
| Born | 1650 England |
| Died | 23 July 1720 (aged 69–70) England |
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| Service | Army |
| Rank | General |
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| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Wyndham |
| Relations | Thomas Erle (father) |
| Other work | Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset, Governor of Portsmouth, MP, Commander-in-Chief (Ireland), Lord Justice (Ireland), PC |
General Thomas Erle PC (1650 – 23 July 1720) of Charborough, Dorset, was a general in the English Army and, thereafter, the British Army. He was also a Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of England and of Great Britain from 1678 to 1718. He was Governor of Portsmouth and a Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance.
- ^ Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.481; Sir William Pole (d.1635) of Shute, Devon, author of this work, was the uncle of Col. Sir Walter Erle (1586–1665) of Charborough, the son of his sister Dorothy Pole