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General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham KG

Served as a Subaltern in 39th Foot. Captain in 86th Rutland Regiment,1779. Lieutenant Colonel 1782. First Lord of the Admiralty 1788 to 1794. Colonel 1793. Major General 1795. Colonel of the King’s Own 5 December 1799. Commanded the King’s Own Brigade to Holland and was wounded at Egmont-op-Zee. Master General of Ordnance 1801. Lieutenant General 1802. Commanded the Expedition against Walcheren 1809. General 1812. Governor of Gibraltar 1820. Died 1835.


General The Earl of Chatham, John Pitt, 2nd Earl.
Accession Number KO2590/382

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