John Irwin (British Army officer)

British Army general

General

Sir John Irwin

Born| 1727/8
Dublin, Ireland
Died| May 1788
Parma, Italy
Allegiance|  Kingdom of Great Britain
Service / branch| British Army
Rank| General
Battles / wars| Seven Years' War
Awards| Knight of the Order of the Bath

General Sir John Irwin KB (1727/28 – May 1788) was an Irish soldier who served in the British Army.

## Career

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Educated in Ireland, Irwin was commissioned into the 5th Regiment of Foot in 1736.[1] He served in an attack on the French coast in 1758 and then fought under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick in Germany in 1760.[1]

He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for East Grinstead from 1762 to 1783, Governor of Gibraltar from 1765 to 1767, member of the Irish privy council, and as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland from 1775 to 1782.[1] Losing the last of these posts on the fall of Lord North's administration in March 1782, he moved back into his house in Piccadilly and his place in parliament, rising to full General and retiring from parliament in 1783.[1] In debt, in 1783 he moved to France and then Parma, where he was welcomed by Ferdinand, Duke of Parma and Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma, and hosted British ex-patriates and visitors to the city until his death.[1]

## Family

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He married three times: to Elizabeth Henry in 1749, to Anne Barry in 1753 and finally to Caroline with whom he had two children.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f John Irwin at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

## External links

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* Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

Parliament of Great Britain

Preceded by

Charles Sackville
Sir Thomas Hales, Bt

|  Member of Parliament for East Grinstead
1762–1783
With:  Earl of Middlesex 1762–1765
Sir Charles Farnaby 1765–1767
Lord George Sackville 1767–1782
Henry Arthur Herbert 1782–1783  | Succeeded by

Henry Arthur Herbert
George Medley

Military offices
Preceded by

Edward Cornwallis

|  Governor of Gibraltar
1765–1767  | Succeeded by

Robert Boyd
(acting)

Preceded by

Sir David Cunynghame

|  Colonel of the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
1767–1780  | Succeeded by

John Campbell

Preceded by

George Augustus Eliott

|  Commander-in-Chief, Ireland
1775–1782  | Succeeded by

John Burgoyne

Governor of Londonderry
1775–1776  | Succeeded by

John Hale

Preceded by

Sir William Augustus Pitt

|  Colonel of the 3rd Regiment of Horse (Carabiniers)
1780–1788  | Succeeded by

The Earl of Carhampton

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