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Apr 30, 1756 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 01 Jan 1832 (aged 75)

British Napoleonic Wars general

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About George Don British Army Officer

  • General Sir George Don (30 April 1756 – 17 January 1832) was a senior British Army military officer and colonial governor during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
  • His service was conducted across Europe, but his most important work was in military and defensive organisation against the threat of French invasion during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • Don was also frequently requested for advisory and espionage work by British generals and was once employed by the Prussian State as a spy.
  • In 1799 he was arrested during a truce by Guillaume Brune who accused him of attempting to foment rebellion in the Batavian Republic and was not released until the Peace of Amiens.
  • During and following the wars, Don also served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey and Governor Gibraltar, implementing organizational reforms with much success in both places.

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