George Vaughan Hart
Encyclopedia
Lieutenant-General George Vaughan Hart (1752 – 14 June 1832) was a British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

 officer and politician.

He served with the 46th Regiment of Foot during the American War of Independence. He moved to India, where he took part in the battles of Seringa, Patan and Bangalore. From 1812 to 1831 he served as member of parliament for County Donegal
County Donegal
County Donegal is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Donegal. Donegal County Council is the local authority for the county...

.

He was later Governor of Londonderry
Governor of Londonderry
The Governor of Londonderry and Culmore was a British military appointment. The Governor was the officer who commanded the garrison and fortifications of the city of Derry and of Culmore fort...

and Culmore Fort.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK