Thomas Erle | |
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![]() Arms of Erle: Gules, three escallops argent a bordure engrailed of the last[1] | |
Born | 1650 England |
Died | 23 July 1720 England | (aged 69–70)
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Service/ | Army |
Rank | General |
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Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Wyndham |
Relations | Thomas Erle (father) |
Other work | Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset, Governor of Portsmouth, MP, Commander-in-Chief (Ireland), Lord Justice (Ireland), PC |
General Thomas Erle PC (1650 – 23 July 1720) of Charborough, Dorset, was a general in the English Army and, thereafter, the British Army. He was also a Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of England and of Great Britain from 1678 to 1718. He was Governor of Portsmouth and a Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance.