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Quebec (Canada) (search for this): entry barre-isaac
Barre, Isaac, 1726-1802
Military officer; born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1726.
His parents
Isaac Barre. were French, his father being a small tradesman in Dublin.
Isaac entered the British army at the age of twenty-one, and participated in the expedition against Louisburg in 1758.
Wolfe was his friend, and appointed him major of brigade; and in May, 1759, he was made adjutant-general of Wolfe's army that assailed Quebec.
He was severely wounded in the battle on the Plains of Abraham, by which he lost the sight of one eye. Barre served under Amherst in 1760; and was the official bearer of the news of the surrender of Montreal to England.
In 1761 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, and the same year he obtained a seat in Parliament, where he found himself in opposition to the ministry.
For this offence he was deprived of his offices, given him as a reward for his services in America.
He was the warm friend of the colonies, and made able speeches in Parliament in their favor
America (Netherlands) (search for this): entry barre-isaac
Dublin (Irish Republic) (search for this): entry barre-isaac
Barre, Isaac, 1726-1802
Military officer; born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1726.
His parents
Isaac Barre. were French, his father being a small tradesman in Dublin.
Isaac entered the British army at the age of twenty-one, and participated in the expedition against Louisburg in 1758.
Wolfe was his friend, and appointed him major of brigade; and in May, 1759, he was made adjutant-general of Wolfe's army that assailed Quebec.
He was severely wounded in the battle on the Plains of Abraham, byDublin.
Isaac entered the British army at the age of twenty-one, and participated in the expedition against Louisburg in 1758.
Wolfe was his friend, and appointed him major of brigade; and in May, 1759, he was made adjutant-general of Wolfe's army that assailed Quebec.
He was severely wounded in the battle on the Plains of Abraham, by which he lost the sight of one eye. Barre served under Amherst in 1760; and was the official bearer of the news of the surrender of Montreal to England.
In 1761 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, and the same year he obtained a seat in Parliament, where he found himself in opposition to the ministry.
For this offence he was deprived of his offices, given him as a reward for his services in America.
He was the warm friend of the colonies, and made able speeches in Parliament in their favo
Louisburg (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry barre-isaac
Barre, Isaac, 1726-1802
Military officer; born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1726.
His parents
Isaac Barre. were French, his father being a small tradesman in Dublin.
Isaac entered the British army at the age of twenty-one, and participated in the expedition against Louisburg in 1758.
Wolfe was his friend, and appointed him major of brigade; and in May, 1759, he was made adjutant-general of Wolfe's army that assailed Quebec.
He was severely wounded in the battle on the Plains of Abraham, by which he lost the sight of one eye. Barre served under Amherst in 1760; and was the official bearer of the news of the surrender of Montreal to England.
In 1761 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, and the same year he obtained a seat in Parliament, where he found himself in opposition to the ministry.
For this offence he was deprived of his offices, given him as a reward for his services in America.
He was the warm friend of the colonies, and made able speeches in Parliament in their favo
London (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry barre-isaac
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry barre-isaac
Montreal (Canada) (search for this): entry barre-isaac
Richard French (search for this): entry barre-isaac
Barre, Isaac, 1726-1802
Military officer; born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1726.
His parents
Isaac Barre. were French, his father being a small tradesman in Dublin.
Isaac entered the British army at the age of twenty-one, and participated in the expedition against Louisburg in 1758.
Wolfe was his friend, and appointed him major of brigade; and in May, 1759, he was made adjutant-general of Wolfe's army that assailed Quebec.
He was severely wounded in the battle on the Plains of Abraham, by which he lost the sight of one eye. Barre served under Amherst in 1760; and was the official bearer of the news of the surrender of Montreal to England.
In 1761 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, and the same year he obtained a seat in Parliament, where he found himself in opposition to the ministry.
For this offence he was deprived of his offices, given him as a reward for his services in America.
He was the warm friend of the colonies, and made able speeches in Parliament in their favor
Isaac Barre (search for this): entry barre-isaac
Barre, Isaac, 1726-1802
Military officer; born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1726.
His parents
Isaac Barre. were French, his father being a small tradesman in Dublin.
Isaac entered the British army at the age of twenty-one, and participated in the Isaac Barre. were French, his father being a small tradesman in Dublin.
Isaac entered the British army at the age of twenty-one, and participated in the expedition against Louisburg in 1758.
Wolfe was his friend, and appointed him major of brigade; and in May, 1759, he was made adjutant-general of Wolfe's army that assailed Quebec.
He was severely wounded in the battle on the Plains of Abraham, by which he lost the sight of one eye. Barre served under Amherst in 1760; and was the official bearer of the news of the surrender of Montreal to England.
In 1761 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, and the same year he obtained a seat in Parliam r his services in America.
He was the warm friend of the colonies, and made able speeches in Parliament in their favor.
Barre was one of the supposed authors of the Letters of Junius.
Strong in person, vigorous in mind, independent in thought and
Junius (search for this): entry barre-isaac