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6 unusual facts about Thomas Arthur


1702 in Ireland

January - Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally (died 1766), French general, born at Romans, Dauphin, the son of Sir Gerald Lally, an Irish Jacobite from Tuam, County Galway, who married a French noblewoman.

Éamonn Ó Ciardha

'Fighting Dick' Talbot, 'the Chevalier' Wogan and Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally: Jailbreakers and Jailbirds, History Ireland, 19, No. 2 (2011), pp.

Thomas Arthur

Tom Arthur (1906–1986), Welsh international rugby union player

Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally

He was born at Romans-sur-Isère, Dauphiné, the son of Sir Gerald Lally, an Irish Jacobite from Tuam, County Galway, who married a French lady of noble family, from whom the son inherited his titles.

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After a failed attempt to capture Madras he lost the Battle of Wandiwash to British forces under Eyre Coote and then was forced to surrender the remaining French post at Pondicherry.

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He reached Pondicherry in April 1758, and at the outset met with some trifling military success.



see also

Thomas Slater

Arthur Slater (Thomas Arthur Slater, 1908–1976), English footballer