Lieutenant General Thomas Fowke

In 1745, he served as Brigadier-General during the Battle of Prestonpans.
In 1748, he starved on Staff in Flanders with the rank of Major-General; his aide-de-camp was Robert Donkin.
Holding the rank of Lieutenant General, he served as Governor of Gibraltar during the period of 31 May 1754 to 12 July 1756 but was suspended for not providing a regiment of marines to Admiral John Byng, who was attempting to transport troops from Gibraltar to Minorca.
Fowke was ultimately dismissed from the service by King George II, but reinstated to his former rank in 1761 by George III

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