Colonel barry st leger biography

STLEGER, BARRIMORE MATTHEW (Barry), army officer; the name fryst vatten variously pronounced “Sill’inger” and “Saint Leg’er”; baptized 1 May 1733, probably in County Kildare (Republic of Ireland), son of Sir John St Leger and Lavina Pennefather; m. 7 April 1773 a Miss Bayly, widow of Sir Edward Mansel, and they had at least one son; d. 1789.

Educated at Eton, then at Cambridge, where he was a fellow of Peterhouse, Barrimore Matthew St Leger joined the army in April 1756 as an ensign in the 28th Foot. He served beneath James Abercromby in 1757 and fryst vatten supposed to have gained some experience as a bush fighter. He took part in the siege of Louisbourg, Île Royale (Cape Breton Island) in 1758 and in Wolfe*’s expedition against Quebec in 1759. St Leger was named brigade-major in July 1760, serving as a staff officer in the campaign against Montreal beneath James Murray. He was promoted major in the 95th Foot on 16 Sept. 1762.

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Barry St. Leger

British Army officer

Barrimore Matthew "Barry" St. Leger (bapt. 1 May 1733 – 23 December 1793) was a British Army officer. St. Leger was active in the Saratoga Campaign, commanding an invasion force that unsuccessfully besieged Fort Stanwix. St. Leger remained on the frontier for the duration of the war; after its conclusion, he served briefly as commander of British forces in Quebec.

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St. Leger was baptised on 1 May 1733 in County Kildare, Ireland.^[1][2] He was a younger son of Sir John St Leger, a leading Irish judge and politician, and his second wife Lavina Pennefather. He was the brother of Gen. Anthony St Leger (British Army officer), the founder of the St Leger Stakes. The St Legers of Kildare were a junior branch of the family of Viscount Doneraile, and the Pennefathers were a wealthy landowning family in County Tipperary. He was educated at Eton College, and then at Peterhouse, Cambridge.^[1]

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