Thomas Fowke
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Lieutenant General Thomas Fowke, also spelt Foulks, circa 1690 to 29 March 1765, was a British military officer from South Staffordshire, who was Governor of Gibraltar from 1753 to 1756, and twice court-martialled during his service. The first followed defeat at Prestonpans in the 1745 Jacobite Rising, when he was acquitted. As Governor, he was tried again for his part in the 1756 Battle of Minorca, a defeat that led to the execution of Admiral Byng.
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Thomas Fowke
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Thomas Fowke
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Thomas Fowke
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* War of the Spanish Succession
** Battle of Almanara
** Battle of Saragossa
** Battle of Villaviciosa
* War of the Austrian Succession
* Jacobite rising of 1745
** Battle of Prestonpans
* Seven Years' War
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c. 1690
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Fowke family home, Gunstone Hall
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1765-03-29
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Lieutenant General
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Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot
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Colonel of The Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Foot
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Colonel of Thomas Fowke's Regiment of Foot
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Lieutenant General Thomas Fowke, also spelt Foulks, circa 1690 to 29 March 1765, was a British military officer from South Staffordshire, who was Governor of Gibraltar from 1753 to 1756, and twice court-martialled during his service. The first followed defeat at Prestonpans in the 1745 Jacobite Rising, when he was acquitted. As Governor, he was tried again for his part in the 1756 Battle of Minorca, a defeat that led to the execution of Admiral Byng. Despite limited responsibility for the defeat, Fowke was originally sentenced to nine months suspension, but George II insisted he be dismissed from the army. He was reinstated as Lieutenant General following the accession of George III in 1761 and died in Bath in March 1765. Fowke's great-uncle emigrated to Virginia in 1651, and was closely related to George Mason, 1725 to 1792, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Mason built Gunston Hall, named after the family home in Gunstone, South Staffordshire; it is now an historic monument.
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Governor of Gibraltar 1753–1756
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George Mason
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Governor of Gibraltar1753–1756
