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Sir George de Lacy Evans
Evans photographed in 1855
Born7 October 1787[1][2]
Moig, County Limerick, Ireland
Died9 January 1870
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankGeneral
Commands heldBritish Legion
2nd Division
Battles/warsWar of 1812:
  • Battle of Bladensburg
  • Burning of Washington
  • Battle of North Point
  • Battle of Lake Borgne
  • Battle of New Orleans

Napoleonic Wars:

  • Battle of Quatre Bras
  • Battle of Waterloo
First Carlist War
Crimean War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (France)
Other workMember of Parliament

General Sir George de Lacy Evans GCB (7 October 1787 – 9 January 1870) was an Irish officer in the British Army who served in four of the United Kingdom's 19th century wars. He became a long-serving Member of Parliament.[3]

  1. ^ Tucker, Spencer C. (2012). The Encyclopedia Of the War of 1812: A Political, Social, and Military History [3 volumes]: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. p. 235. ISBN 9781851099573. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  2. ^ Spiers, Edward M. (1983). Radical General: Sir George de Lacy Evans, 1787-1870. Manchester University Press. p. 1. ISBN 9780719009297. Retrieved 21 June 2019. 1787.
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Evans, Sir George de Lacy" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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