Major-General Sir Hugh Robert Rollo Gillespie 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".

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Occupation: military personnel, army officer
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
Born: January 21, 1766
Died: October 31, 1814

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Author of book: William Thorn, 1780-1843. Engraving "from a painting by Mr Chinnery in Calcutta, 1814". This is presumably George Chinnery, 1774-1852 via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Robert Rollo Gillespie

Officer in the British Army (1766–1814)

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