John Irwin
Biography
Birth: 1728
Death: 1788
Commander-in-Chief in Ireland (1775-1782). Close friend of Lord George Germain, sometime American Secretary. A Colonel in 1762. Sometime head of the 57th Regiment (Link(1) and Link(2)) . Member of Parliament (1762-1783)
Also known as
- Colonel Irwin
Life with James Boswell
Boswell met a Colonel Irwin at the Sheridan's on December 31, 1762. Pottle (in LJ) gives his first name as John. Boswell described him as a "a genteel, well-bred, pretty man."
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Mentioned in
John Irwin is mentioned in:
- London Journal 1762-1763
