John Adlercron [SEP] date of death
John Adlercron
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 Royal 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.
He became Commander-in-Chief, India that year. On 16 May 1758 he was promoted
Molyneux, 5th Baronet
- Sir George King Adlercron Molyneux, 6th Baronet
- Sir Capel Molyneux, 7th Baronet
- Sir John William Henry Molyneux, 8th Baronet
- Sir John Charles Molyneux, 9th Baronet
- Sir Ernest Molyneux, 10th Baronet (died 1940)
See also.
- Molyneux
Citations.
Citations Notes.
- "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland and Scotland" 2nd Edition (1844) John and John Bernard Burke. p. 360