James Adolphus Oughton
Lieutenant General Sir James Adolphus Oughton KB (1720 – 2 May 1780) was a British officer who was commander of forces in North Britain.
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Oughton c. 1778 by John Downman
His monument in Westminster Abbey is by Richard Hayward.[1]
References
- Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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