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3 unusual facts about Richard Guyon


Richard Guyon

Richard Debaufre Guyon (1813 – 12 October 1856), British soldier, general in the Hungarian revolutionary army and Turkish pasha (Kurshid Pasha), was born at Walcot, near Bath, Somerset.

A. W. Kinglake, The Patriot and the Hero General Guyon (1856).

After receiving a military education in England, Guyon fought against Dom Miguel in the Liberal Wars in Portugal.



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