John Drinkwater Bethune | |
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Born | 9 June 1762 |
Died | 16 January 1844 (aged 81) |
Spouse | Eleanor Congalton |
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Arms: Party per pale, gu. and az., on a fesse, wavy, arg., three billets, of the second, between three garbs or. Crest: Three wheat-ears, two in saltier, one in pale, or, encircled by a ducal coronet. |
Colonel John Drinkwater Bethune (born John Drinkwater, 9 June 1762 – 16 January 1844) was a British Army officer and military historian best known for his account of the Great Siege of Gibraltar that came out in 1785.[2][3]