Sir Charles Asgill, 2nd Baronet
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Colourisation of a 19th Century mezzotint by Charles Turner (engraver) following an 1822 portrait by Thomas Phillips RA
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6 April 1762 London, England |
| Died | 23 July 1823 (aged 61) London, England |
| Residence | 6 York Street, St.James's, London now known as Duke of York Street, St. James's |
| Occupation | General |
| Title | Baronet |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Jemima Sophia Ogle |
| Relatives |
Sir Charles Asgill, 1st Baronet and Sarah Theresa Pratviel. John Asgill, 1659–1738, (known as "Translated" Asgill) was a relative, both being descendants of Joshua Asgyll MA, DD |
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Sir Charles Asgill, 1st Baronet and Sarah Theresa Pratviel.
Sir Charles Asgill, 2nd Baronet GCH (6 April 1762 – 23 July 1823) was a career soldier in the British Army. Asgill enjoyed a long military career, eventually rising to the rank of General. He is best remembered as the principal of the so-called "Asgill Affair" of 1782, in which his retaliatory execution while a prisoner of war was commuted by the American forces which held him due to the direct intervention of the government of France.
Charles Asgill was born in London on 6 April 1762, the only son of one-time Lord Mayor of London Sir Charles Asgill and Sarah Theresa Pratviel, whose home was Richmond Place in Surrey. Father and son were both educated at Westminster School, London. The younger Asgill went on to study at Göttingen University, Germany, from where, upon leaving, he wrote in a friend's autograph book "An Honest Man is the noblest work of God. yours sincerely, Charles Asgill, Göttingen April the 4th 1778."
The son Charles entered the army on 27 February 1778, just prior to his 16th birthday, as an ensign in the 1st Foot Guards, a regiment today known as the Grenadier Guards. Asgill was promoted to the rank of Captain while just 18 years old, receiving his commission on 3 February 1781. Shortly after his promotion, Asgill was ordered to America to fight the rebellious colonists who were embroiled in what is today remembered as the American Revolutionary War.
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