Hugh Waddell | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Hugh_Waddell_portrait.jpg) Portrait of Hugh Waddell, from Alfred Waddell's A Colonial Officer and His Times | |
| Born | c. 1734 Lisburn, County Down, Ireland |
| Died | 9 April 1773 (aged 38–39) Castle Hayne, North Carolina |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | Province of North Carolina, Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Service | Provincial Troops |
| Years of service | 1754–1773 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles / wars | |
| Relations | James Iredell Waddell, great-grandson Alfred Moore Waddell, third-great-grandson |
General Hugh Waddell (c. 1734 – 9 April 1773) was an Irish-born military officer, merchant, planter and politician who served in the Thirteen Colonies during the mid-18th century. Waddell formed and led a provincial militia unit in Rowan County, North Carolina and the Ohio River Valley during the French and Indian War and the Anglo-Cherokee War, and supervised the construction of Fort Dobbs near the settlement of the Fourth Creek Congregation. His career was well-served by close connections to several provincial governors of North Carolina.