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Asgill, Charles, 1762-1823
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1762-1823
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ASGILL, SIR CHARLES, BART., only son of Sir Charles Asgill (qv), and his second wife; b. 7 Apr 1762; adm. 29 Mar 1769; in school list Oct 1775; left 1777; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 27 Feb 1778; Lieut. and Capt. 3 Feb 1781; Capt. and Lieut. -Col. 3 Mar 1790; Col. in the Army 26 Feb 1795; Brig. -Gen. on the staff in Ireland 1797; Maj. -Gen. 1 Jan 1798; 3rd Maj., 1st Foot Guards 25 Nov 1799; Col. 46th Foot 9 May 1800; Lieut. -Gen. 1 Feb 1805; Col., 5th West India Regt. 8 Feb 1806; Col., 85th Foot 30 Oct 1806 – Feb 1807, 11th Foot from 25 Feb 1807; Gen. 4 Jun 1814; served in America and taken prisoner at capitulation of Yorktown 1781; chosen by lot to suffer death in retaliation for execution of Capt. Huddy by American loyalists, but through French intervention was released on parole by Act of Congress 7 Nov 1781; served in Flanders 1794 and in Ireland during rebellion of 1798; succ. father as 2nd baronet 15 Sep 1788; m. 28 Aug 1790 Jemima Sophia, youngest dau. of Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle, Bart.; d. 23 Jul 1823. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.