James Adolphus Oughton

Lieutenant-General

Sir James Adolphus Oughton

KB
Portrait by John Downman, c. 1778
Born1720 (1720)
Died2 May 1780(1780-05-02) (aged 59–60)

Lieutenant-General Sir James Adolphus Oughton KB (1720 – 2 May 1780) was a British officer who was commander of forces in North Britain.

His monument in Westminster Abbey is by Richard Hayward.[1]

References

  1. ^ Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis
  • Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "James Adolphus Dickenson Oughton" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co.


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