Sir John Doyle | |
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| Born | 1756 Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland |
| Died | 8 August 1834 (aged 77–78) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Service | Army |
| Years of service | 1771–1820s |
| Rank | General |
| Battles / wars | American Revolutionary War – Brooklyn, Harlem Heights, Springfield, Brandywine, Germantown (wounded), Monmouth Courthouse, Siege of Charleston French Revolutionary Wars – Holland (wounded), Gibraltar and Egypt |
| Relations | Welbore Ellis Doyle (brother) |
General Sir John Doyle, 1st Baronet GCB, KCH (1756 – 8 August 1834) was a British Army officer, who served with distinction in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars.[1][2]
He was elected Member of Parliament for Mullingar in the Irish House of Commons in 1783, and went on to serve as Secretary of War in the Irish administration of Dublin Castle.[1]
Doyle raised his own regiment, the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot, for the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793 and served in Holland, Gibraltar and Egypt.[1]
His efforts were greatly appreciated by King George III, who took the trouble to write to the Earl Marshall, "... so that his [Doyle's] zeal and exertions in our service may be known to posterity".[2]
The latter part of his career included his appointment as Private Secretary to George IV the Prince of Wales. He was also appointed Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1803 where he served until 1813. He was also active in Guernsey as Deputy Grand Master of the Freemasons.[3]
He was appointed Knight Bachelor in 1813 and General in 1819.[1][2] On 29 October 1825 he was created a baronet,[4] but the baronetcy became extinct upon his death.
- ^ a b c d BBC Guernsey – Profile of General Sir John Doyle
- ^ a b c "Doyle Clan History, part 6. Profile of General Sir John Doyle Bt GCB KCH". Archived from the original on 15 March 2022.
- ^ London Freemasonry – The Doyle cup
- ^ John Burke (1844). A genealogical and heraldic History of the extinct and dormant Baronetcies of England, Scotland, and Ireland (second ed.). London: John Russell Smith. p. 164.