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Alexander Irwin
Lieutenant-General Alexander Irvine or Irwin (died 1752) was a British Army officer.
On 1 October 1689 he entered the Army as an ensign in the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Foot.〔Charles Dalton, ''English Army Lists and Commission Registers'', (vol. III ) (1896) pages 47-48, note 31.〕 He was made adjutant of the 1st Battalion on 22 May 1694〔Charles Dalton, ''English Army Lists and Commission Registers'', (vol. IV ) (1898) page 22.〕 and promoted to captain on 2 October 1695, when serving with the regiment before Namur;〔Dalton (1898) page 70, note 12.〕 his commission was renewed in 1702.〔 In 1704 he was wounded at the Battle of Schellenberg,〔 and he was promoted to major on 3 August that year.〔Charles Dalton, ''English Army Lists and Commission Registers'', (vol. V ) (1902) page 51.〕 Irwin served as a brigade-major at the Battle of Blenheim, where he was again wounded, and was later present at Ramillies and Malplaquet.〔Dalton (1902) Part II, pages 2 and 7, note 48.〕 He was granted brevet rank as a colonel on 1 March 1711.〔Charles Dalton, ''English Army Lists and Commission Registers'', (vol. VI ) (1904) page 196.〕
On 27 June 1737, after nearly forty-eight years' service in various parts of Europe, Irwin was appointed colonel of the 5th Regiment of Foot,〔 and following promotion to brigadier-general on 1 January 1743〔 and major-general on 24 February 1744,〔 he held important commands on the staff in Ireland, where he was also Lieutenant-Governor of Kinsale. He was promoted to lieutenant-general in 1748.〔Richard Cannon, ''(Historical Record of the Fifth Regiment of Foot, or Northumberland Fusiliers )'' (1838) page 112.〕
Lieutenant-General Irwin may have been of the family of the Irvines of Drum.〔John Brooke, (IRWIN (IRWINE, IRVINE), John (c.1728-88). ) in ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790'' (1964). Online version accessed 6 September 2012.〕 By his wife Catherine he had an only son, General Sir John Irwin.〔〔
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