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222:British Army
139:Jane Bagwell
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1284:1823 deaths
1279:1762 births
1043:Maryborough
1000:Ballynakill
968:1803–2005:
900:Attribution
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685:(1593–1860)
665:(1824–1892)
601:before the
556:Maryborough
552:Ballynakill
467:Home Popham
436:West Indies
82:Preceded by
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1255:1802–1806
1228:1806–1810
1195:1806–1808
1142:Barnstaple
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943:, May 1813
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583:Barnstaple
544:Eyre Coote
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425:Guadeloupe
377:Germantown
373:Brandywine
296:Background
262:Eyre Coote
193:Allegiance
173:Alma mater
121:1823-12-11
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988:John Egan
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