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Francis Jack Needham

NEEDHAM, Francis Jack, Earl of Kilmorey, British soldier, born in County Down, Ireland, 15 April, 1748; died there, 21 November, 1832. He was a cornet in the 18th dragoons in 1762, captain of the 17th dragoons in 1774, served throughout the American Revolution, engaging in the blockade of Boston, and in the Jersey and Virginia campaigns, and surrendering with Cornwallis at Yorktown. He became colonel and aide-de-camp to the king in 1793, the next year was adjutant-general to Lord Moira in the expedition to the coast of France, served throughout the Irish rebellion, and participated in the battle of Vinegar Hill. He was commissioned major-general in 1795, lieutenant-general in 1802, and general in 1812, and received the patent of his earldom in 1822.

He died at Shavington, Shropshire, England

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