George Don (British Army officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Don (British Army officer)

British Napoleonic Wars general

Date of Birth: 30-Apr-1756

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1832

Profession: military personnel, spy

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

General Sir George Don (30 April 1756 – 17 January 1832) was a senior British Army military officer and colonial governor during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
His service was conducted across Europe, but his most important work was in military and defensive organisation against the threat of French invasion during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Don was also frequently requested for advisory and espionage work by British generals and was once employed by the Prussian State as a spy.
In 1799 he was arrested during a truce by Guillaume Brune who accused him of attempting to foment rebellion in the Batavian Republic and was not released until the Peace of Amiens.
During and following the wars, Don also served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey and Governor Gibraltar, implementing organizational reforms with much success in both places.