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General Sir John Doyle, 1st Baronet GCB, KCH (17568 August 1834) was an officer in the British Army, which he joined in March 1771. He served with distinction in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars.〔〔 He was elected Member of Parliament for Mullingar in the Irish House of Commons in 1783, and went on to serve as Secretary of War in the Irish administration of Dublin Castle.〔 Doyle raised his own regiment, the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot, for the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793 and served in Holland, Gibraltar and Egypt.〔 His efforts were greatly appreciated by King George III, who took the trouble to write to the Earl Marshall, "... so that his () zeal and exertions in our service may be known to posterity".〔 The latter part of his career included his appointment as Private Secretary to George IV the Prince of Wales. He was also appointed Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1803 where he served until 1813. He was also active in Guernsey as Deputy Grand Master of the Freemasons.〔(London Freemasonry – The Doyle cup )〕 He was appointed Knight Bachelor in 1813 and General in 1819.〔(BBC Guernsey – Profile of General Sir John Doyle )〕〔(Doyle Clan History, part 6. Profile of General Sir John Doyle Bt GCB KCH )〕 On 29 October 1825 he was created a baronet, but the baronetcy became extinct upon his death. ==Personal life== John Doyle was born in Dublin in 1756, the fourth son of Charles and Elizabeth Doyle of Bramblestown, County Kilkenny. He entered Trinity College Dublin in July 1768 to study law, but when his father died in March 1771 he joined the army in March 1771. Doyle was the uncle of women's political rights campaigner Anna Wheeler, previously Doyle, who in 1812 took her daughters to stay with him and his family in Guernsey, having walked out on her husband in County Limerick.〔(Biography of Anna Wheeler at Women philosophers.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sir John Doyle, 1st Baronet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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