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Major-General Oliver De Lancey (1718–1785), also known as Oliver Delancey and Oliver de Lancey, was a merchant, a Loyalist politician and soldier during the American War of Independence. ==Biography== De Lancey was the son of Etienne Delancey and Anne Van Cortland, born on September 17, 1718 in New York City. The De Lancey family was of Huguenot descent. 〔History of Huguenot emigration to America, 1885, Charles Washington Baird〕 From 1754 to 1757 De Lancey served as a New York alderman for the Out Ward and was a member of the New York assembly from New York County from 1756 to 1761. During the French and Indian War, he was selected by the New York Assembly, with the support from his brother James De Lancey, the acting Governor, to provide provisions for New York provincial units. He commanded a provincial detachment in the Ticonderoga campaign of 1758. In 1766, he was one of the judges in the Pendergast case, where the alleged leader of the Dutchess County land rebels was convicted and sentenced to death. In 1768, he allied himself with Isaac Sears and the Sons of Liberty. He spoke out against the Boston Port Bill, but did not support non-importation. He was one of the persons responsible for the creation of the Committee of Fifty. He was a member of the provincial executive council from 1760 until the American War of Independence. In 1773 he was appointed colonel in chief of the Southern Military District. De Lancey was a senior Loyalist officer in the American War of Independence. He joined General Howe on Staten Island in 1776, and raised and equipped the DeLancey's Brigade of three battalions consisting of 1,500 loyalist volunteers from the state of New York, and served as commanding officer on Long Island. His house was plundered in November 1777 and confiscated in October 1779. He left New York for England in 1783, and died on October 27, 1785, in Beverley, Yorkshire. He was buried in Beverley Minster, where his grave and memorial can be visited. 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「Oliver De Lancey (American loyalist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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