John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore

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General John Hely-Hutchinson

John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore GCB (* 15. May 1757 in Dublin , †  6. July 1832 in Knocklofty ) was a British general during the Napoleonic Wars .

Life

He was the second eldest son of the lawyer and politician John Hely-Hutchinson and his wife Christiana Nickson, 1st Baroness of Donoughmore . He attended Eton College and studied at Magdalen College of the University of Oxford and at the Trinity College of the University of Dublin .

Military career

In 1774 he joined the British Army . During the First Coalition War , he took part in the campaign in Champagne in 1792 as a lieutenant colonel in the headquarters of the Duke of Braunschweig . In 1794 he raised a regiment at his own expense , which he knew how to lead brilliantly in Flanders . After helping to put down the Irish uprising , he was promoted to major general in 1796 and then fought again in Holland in the Second Coalition War in 1799 .

In 1801 he embarked to fight the French expeditionary troops in Egypt and took command of the British army on March 21, after General Abercromby was wounded in the Battle of Alexandria . He captured Damiette and Ramanieh , enclosed Cairo and forced the French General Belliard to surrender on June 27 with 14,000 men . Then he turned to Alexandria and beat all failures Menous back and urged him on August 31, with its entire 10,000 man embracing force to the task.

For his brilliant victories, he was raised to Baron Hutchinson , of Alexandria and of Knocklofty in the County of Tipperary in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on December 16, 1801 , with an annual pension of £ 4,000 . After 1803 the rank of lieutenant general had received, he was in 1806 as an extraordinary ambassador to Russia sent and accompanied the Tsar Alexander in the Battle of Friedland . After the Peace of Tilsit , he returned to Great Britain in 1807. In 1813 he was promoted to the rank of general .

Political career

Parallel to his military career, he was a member of the Irish House of Commons since 1776 , namely from 1776 to 1783 for Lanesborough in County Longford , from 1789 to 1790 for Taghmon in County Westmeath and from 1790 until the Irish Parliament was dissolved by the Act of Union 1800 for Cork in County Cork . He then represented the Borough of Cork in 1801 in the newly formed House of Commons of the United Kingdom . By being raised to Baron Hutchinson at the end of 1801 , he resigned from the House of Commons and received a seat in the British House of Lords .

Upon the death of his brother Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 1st Earl of Donoughmore , he inherited his title of nobility as 2nd Earl of Donoughmore , 2nd Viscount Donoughmore and 2nd Viscount Hutchinson due to a special inheritance regulation in 1825 . From 1831 to 1832 he held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Tipperary .

Since he remained unmarried and childless, his baron title expired when he died in Knocklofty in July 1832. His other titles inherited from his eponymous nephew .

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predecessor Office successor
Richard Hely-Hutchinson Earl of Donoughmore
1825-1832 		John Hely-Hutchinson
New title created Baron Hutchinson
1801-1832 		Title expired
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SURNAME Hely-Hutchinson, John, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Donoughmore, John Hely-Hutchinson 2nd Earl of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1757
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1832
Place of death Knocklofty