James Durand (British Army officer)

Template:Use dmy dates Lieutenant-General James Durand (died 1766) was a British soldier.

He served as an officer in the 1st Foot Guards, rising to the rank of captain and lieutenant-colonel in May 1748, and to major (with the rank of colonel) in 1753. He was appointed major-general in 1759, and rose to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the 1st Foot Guards in 1760. In 1761, he was appointed lieutenant-general, and in June 1765 made the colonel of the 56th Regiment of Foot. Durand died in 1766 and was buried at St Mary's, Twickenham on 6 March; his wife Cornelia had been buried there on 12 January the same year.^[1]

Military offices
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↑ R. S. Cobbett, Memorials of Twickenham (London, 1872) p. 70

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[1] R. S. Cobbett, Memorials of Twickenham (London, 1872) p. 70

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James Durand (British Army officer)

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