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Thomas Erle
Arms of Erle: Gules, three escallops
argent a bordure engrailed of the last
[1]
Born1650
England
Died23 July 1720(1720-07-23) (aged 69–70)
England
Buried
Charborough, Dorset
Allegiance
  • Kingdom of England
  • Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branchArmy
RankGeneral
Battles/wars
  • 1685: Battle of Bridport
  • 1690: Battle of the Boyne
  • 1690: Siege of Limerick
  • 1691: Battle of Aughrim
  • 1692: Battle of Steinkeerke
  • 1693: Battle of Landen
  • 1707: Battle of Almanza
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Wyndham
RelationsThomas Erle (father)
Other workDeputy Lieutenant of Dorset, Governor of Portsmouth, MP, Commander-in-Chief (Ireland), Lord Justice (Ireland), PC
Charborough House

General Thomas Erle PC (1650 – 23 July 1720) of Charborough, Dorset, was a general in the English Army and, thereafter, the British Army. He was also a Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of England and of Great Britain from 1678 to 1718. He was Governor of Portsmouth and a Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance.

  1. ^ Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.481; Sir William Pole (d.1635) of Shute, Devon, author of this work, was the uncle of Col. Sir Walter Erle (1586–1665) of Charborough, the son of his sister Dorothy Pole

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