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Commander-in-chief at plymouth: he was still holding this command, when he died suddenly at gosport, on 14 feb. 1778, in his 59th year. he was buried in the parish church of sevenoaks, where there is a tablet erected to his memory by his brother, lord amherst.
[charnock's biographia navalis, v. 275; official letters, &c., in the public record office.]John Knox Laughton (Signing as J. K. L. in the DNB) | |
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commander-in-chief at Plymouth: he was still holding this command, when he died suddenly at Gosport, on 14 February 1778, in his 59th year. He was buried in the parish church of Sevenoaks, where there is a tablet erected to his memory by his brother, Lord Amherst.[DNB 1][DNB 2][1]
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- ^ John Knox Laughton (Signing as J. K. L. in the DNB). pp. 360–0 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Amherst,_John_(DNB00).
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DNB references[edit]
These references are found in the DNB article referred to above.
[[Category:DNB drafts|Commander-in-chief at plymouth: he was still holding this command, when he died suddenly at gosport, on 14 feb. 1778, in his 59th year. he was buried in the parish church of sevenoaks, where there is a tablet erected to his memory by his brother, lord amherst.
[charnock's biographia navalis, v. 275; official letters, &c., in the public record office.]John Knox Laughton (Signing as J. K. L. in the DNB), ]]