Armand Louis de Gontaut duc de Biron

(1747-1793)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Biron, Armand-Louis de Gontaut, duc de, 1747-1793 LBT ID: ArBiron1793 VIAF ID: 59104958 LOC ID: n83143988	B/BAP: 1747-04-13 DIED: 1793-12-31
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He commanded troops in the American War of Independence and the French Revolution, in which he was accused of treason and beheaded.
REFERENCES TO Armand Louis de Gontaut duc de Biron: Robert Southey to Sir Archibald Alison, 17 April 1833 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 6 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXXV. 1832-1834 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter II. Found 1: ¶ 128