Thomas Dunbar (d. 1767)
Description
Thomas Dunbar was a British army officer. He served under Edward Braddock in the latter's expedition against Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War. In 1760 he received promotion to lieutenant-general. Following the war, Dunbar was lieutenant-governor of Gibraltar. He died on 7 February 1767 in Dublin, Ireland.
Citations
James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, Appleton’s Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume II: Crane–Grimshaw (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888), 255.
The Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh, Scotland), 23 February 1767, page 2, column 2 (Newspapers.com).
The Gentleman's and London Magazine, February 1767, 128.