John Adlercron

Lieutenant-General John Adlercron
Died	(1766-07-31)31 July 1766 Blackrock, Dublin
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands	Indian Army

Lieutenant-General John Adlercron (died 31 July 1766) was Commander-in-Chief, India.

Military career

Born into a Huguenot family who had taken refuge in Dublin at the end of the seventeenth century, Adlercron joined the British Army: in 1754 he went to India as commanding officer of the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot to protect the interests of the East India Company. ^[1]

He became Commander-in-Chief, India that year. ^[1] On 16 May 1758 he was promoted to major-general, and on 18 December 1760 to lieutenant-general. ^[2]

Adlercron died of an apoplexy in July 1766 at his home at Blackrock in Dublin. ^[3]

References

1. Plassey 1757: Clive of India's Finest Hour by Peter Harringman, Page 36
2. Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Thirty-Ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot (1853) p. 109-110
3. Notes & Queries, Oxford Journals

Military offices
Preceded by Stringer Lawrence	Commander-in-Chief, India 1754	Succeeded by Robert Clive