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Robert Rollo Gillespie
Robert Rollo Gillespie | |
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 Portrait by Henry Cook, 1814 | |
| British Lieutenant-Governor of the Dutch East Indies | |
| In office 9 August 1811 – 18 September 1811 | |
| Appointed by | Earl of Minto |
| Monarch | George III |
| Preceded by | Jan Willem Janssens (as Governor-General under French administration) |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Stamford Raffles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hugh Robert Rollo Gillespie 21 January 1766 Comber, Kingdom of Ireland |
| Died | 31 October 1814 (aged 48) Dehradun, Kingdom of Nepal |
| Resting place | Meerut Cantonment Cemetery, Uttar Pradesh |
| Spouse |
Annabella Taylor (m. 1786) |
| Children | Rollo Gillespie Jr. (son) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1783–1814 |
| Rank | Major-general |
| Battles/wars | |
| Memorials |
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Major-General Sir Hugh Robert Rollo Gillespie KCB (21 January 1766 – 31 October 1814[1]) was an officer in the British Army. The Army's historian Sir John Fortescue called him "The bravest man ever to wear a red coat".
- ^ Dictionary of Indian Biography; Charles E Buckland p166 (1906)
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