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John Scott Lillie
British Army officer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir John Scott Lillie CB (1790 – 29 June 1868) was an Anglo-British decorated officer of the British Army and Portuguese Army who fought in the Peninsular War (1808–1814). He was a landowner, entrepreneur and inventor. He was Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex and Chairman of the Middlesex Quarter Sessions, a freemason, a radical politician and supporter of the great Irish statesman Daniel O'Connell. He was an early antivivisectionist and writer.
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Born | 1790 (1790) Ireland |
Died | 1868 (1869) (aged 78) Kensington, London, England |
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Service/ | Army |
Years of service | 1807–1818 (1855) |
Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel (UK) Major-General (Portugal) |
Unit | 6th Warwickshire Regiment, Grenadier Guards, |
Commands held | 7th Cacadores |
Battles/wars | Peninsular War, Battle of Bussaco, Torres Vedras Lines, Battle of the Pyrenees, Battle of Nivelle, Battle of Orthez, Battle of Toulouse (1814) |
Awards | Army Gold Cross, Decoration of The Lily (France), Military General Service Medal, Knight Bachelor, Companion of the Bath |
Relations | General Scott, Duchess of Portland and Viscountess Canning |
Other work | Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex Justice of the peace Chairman of Middlesex Quarter Sessions, shareholder in the Hammersmith Bridge Co., Kensington Canal Co., political writer, parliamentary candidate, Patent holder. |
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