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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Leith, James, Sir, 1763-1816 NRA: Leith Sir James (1763-1816) Knight Lieutenant General Colonial Governor DNB: Leith, Sir James (1763-1816), army officer LBT ID: JaLeith1816 VIAF ID: 11294430 LOC ID: n85252278 | B/BAP: 1763-08-08 DIED: 1816-10-16 |
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Educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, he commanded a regiment in the Irish Rebellion,
was at Corunna with Sir John Moore, and served under Wellington in the Peninsular
Campaign. | |
REFERENCES TO Sir James Leith: Lady Caroline Lamb to Sydney Owenson, [November?] 1811 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second
Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Found 1:
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