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William O'Carroll. (-) (aka. Mr. Caroll)

Sometime secretary to the British envoy at Dresden, Philip Stanhope in the 1760s, and an Irish officer of the Marines.¹

Life with James Boswell:

On October 10, 1764 Boswell described O'Carroll in his journal as an obliging sort of man, but very formal. He was just Mr. Carron at Utrecht in regimentals.

Notes:

Note 1: Only source used for this article is Boswell on the Grand Tour (vol 1).

This article was last updated at April 02 2008 12:50:01 CET

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