John Elliot Drinkwater

(1762-1844)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Drinkwater, John, 1762-1844 NRA: Bethune, John Drinkwater (1762-1844), army officer and military historian DNB: Drinkwater, John [later John Drinkwater Bethune] (1762–1844), army officer and military historian LBT ID: JoDrink1844 VIAF ID: 33185215 LOC ID: n84136140	B/BAP: 1762-06-09 DIED: 1844-01-16
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English military officer, author of A History of the late Siege of Gibraltar (1785). A friend of the Duke of Kent, he was comptroller of army accounts (1811-35)
REFERENCES TO John Elliot Drinkwater: Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 14