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He was born John
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In 1749 he married Anna Maria Schutz and in 1765 he married
Catherine Clayton; there were no children from either marriage.
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on 14 April 1778. During the political crisis in the early 1780s at the end of the
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arms of John
Griffin Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden (1719–1797),
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British Field Marshals, 1736–1997: A Biographical Dictionary
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James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden
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if he changed his surname to Griffin: he did so in 1749, by
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on 26 March 1765, he became colonel of the 1st Troop,
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87:St Mary the Virgin Churchyard,
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1229:1797 deaths
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980:Edward Carr
924:John Pollen
894:John Pollen
814:"No. 13918"
794:"No. 13020"
774:"No. 12566"
754:"No. 11865"
734:"No. 10507"
692:"No. 10094"
485:Lee, Sidney
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564:required.)
460:References
282:lieutenant
211:Early life
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234:Quartered
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302:captain
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189:brigade
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