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Jacques-Marc Prevost
9th colonial governor of Georgia
In office
1779–1779
Preceded byArchibald Campbell
Succeeded byJames Wright
Personal details
Born
Jacques-Marc Prevost

1736
Republic of Geneva
Died1781 (aged 44–45)
British colony of Jamaica
Spouse
Theodosia Bartow
(m. 1763)
Children5, including John
ProfessionArmy officer, governor

James Marcus or Mark Prevost (born Jacques-Marc Prevost; 1736 – 1781) was a British Army officer. After being commissioned in Europe, he commanded troops of the British Army in North America and the West Indies, including during the French and Indian War, the North American front of the Seven Years' War.

Prevost was recalled to service during the American Revolutionary War, when he served briefly as colonial governor of the Province of Georgia in 1778 after the British occupied Savannah, Georgia. He also served more than once in the West Indies and died in Jamaica of wounds suffered earlier in the war.

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