Charles M'Carthy

(1764-1824)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: M'Carthy Charles (1764-1824) Knight Colonel Colonial Governor DNB: M'Carthy [formerly Guéroult], Sir Charles (1764-1824), colonial governor and army officer LBT ID: ChMCarth1824	B/BAP: 1764 DIED: 1824-01-21
SOURCES: DNB
After serving in the army in the West Indies he become governor of Sierra Leone in 1814; he was beheaded by a party of Asante.
REFERENCES TO Charles M'Carthy: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VI. Found 2: ¶ 61 ¶ 62