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Lieutenant General
John Adlercron
(died 31 July 1766) was
Commander-in-Chief, India
.
Military career
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Born into a
Huguenot
family who had taken refuge in
Dublin
at the end of the seventeenth century, Adlercron joined the
Royal Army
: in 1754 he went to
India
as
commanding officer
of the
39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
to protect the interests of the
East India Company
.
[1]
He became
Commander-in-Chief, India
that year.
[1]
On 16 May 1758 he was promoted to major-general, and on 18 December 1760 to lieutenant-general.
[2]
Adlercron died of an
apoplexy
in July 1766 at his home at
Blackrock
in
Dublin
.
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