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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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  • A Review of the Troops in Phoenix Park


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    John Irwin is mentioned in:

  • London Journal 1762-1763

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