Alexander Duroure

Alexander Duroure
Born 1692
London
Died 1 February 1765
Toulouse, France
Buried at Westminster Abbey
Allegiance  Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch  British Army
Rank Lieutenant General
Battles/wars War of Jenkins' Ear
Jacobite rising

Lieutenant General Alexander Duroure (1692 – 1 February 1765) was a British Army officer who served as colonel of the 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot.

Military career

Duroure was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 10th Regiment of Foot in 1715.[1] He took part in the first attack on Cartagena de Indias in March 1740 during the War of Jenkins' Ear and was deployed with a contingent of 500 men to assist James Oglethorpe in securing the Carolinas in 1742.[1] He became Quartermaster General to Field Marshal George Wade at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1745 during the Jacobite rising and Governor of St Mawes Castle later that year.[1] He was deployed to Scotland with reinforcements in 1746 and commanded the 38th Regiment of Foot in Antigua in 1752.[1] He was also colonel of the 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot (1756–65).[1]

He was buried in Westminster Abbey.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lieutenant General Alexander Duroure". King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Lancaster. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  2. Hughson, David (1807). "London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neighbourhood". W Stratford. p. 295.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Robert Rich, 5th Baronet
Colonel of the 4th (The King's Own) Regiment of Foot
1756–1765
Succeeded by
Robert Brudenell
Preceded by
Richard Philipps
Colonel of the 38th Regiment of Foot
1751–1756
Succeeded by
Sir James Ross, Bt.
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