Life
?1745-1833 [also Daniel O’Connell; occas. Danial]; uncle of the Liberator; entered French army, 1760; adjutant of the clare Regt; cross of St. Louis for pamphlet on army discipline; wounded at Gibraltar; column of Salm-Salm
regt.; accepted Revolution but joined the Bourbons; suggested formation of Irish Brigade to Pitt, 1796; lieutenant-gen. under Bourbons; d. Madon, in Blois. ODNB
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