NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Donkin, Rufane Shaw, Sir, 1773-1841 NRA: Donkin, Sir Rufane Shaw (1773-1841) Knight General DNB: Donkin, Sir Rufane Shaw (1773-1841), army officer LBT ID: RuDonki1841 VIAF ID: 15117246 LOC ID: n88067527 | B/BAP: 1773 DIED: 1841-05-01 |
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Military officer educated at Westminster School; he led a brigade at Talavera, served in
the Mahratta War, and was MP for Berwick (1832, 1835) and Sandwich (1839). He contributed
to the Literary Gazette. | |