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Gunning, John, ca. 1741-1797
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ca. 1741-1797
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GUNNING, JOHN, son of John Gunning, Castle Coote, co. Roscommon, and Hon. Bridget Bourke, dau. of Theobald Bourke, 6th Viscount Mayo (I); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1751 (Levett's); in school list 1754; Ensign, 25th Foot 20 Dec 1757; Lieut., 50th Foot 5 Apr 1759; Capt., 92nd Foot 22 Jan 1760; 43rd Foot 30 Sep 1768; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 23 Jan 1775; Lieut. -Col., 82nd Foot 22 Dec 1777; Col., 15 Jun 1781; Col., 65th Foot, from 28 Jan 1788; Maj. -Gen., 28 Sep 1787; served in North America; m. 8 Aug 1768 Susannah Minifie, Fairworth, Somerset, novelist (DNB); d. at Naples 2 Sep 1797, having eloped there by 1792 with Mrs Rebecca Duberly.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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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.