About Christopher D'Oyly
Lived 1717 – 1795 (aged 77–78). Christopher D'Oyly was a politician and barrister.
Christopher D'Oyly (1717 – 19 January 1795) was a barrister of the Inner Temple, under-secretary in the colonial department and commissary-general of the musters in which capacity he took part in the planning for the American War of Independence.
In 1765, D'Oyly married Sarah Stanley (1725–1821), the granddaughter of Sir Hans Sloane.
In 1774 he became the member of Parliament for Wareham, and in 1780 for Seaford. He retired in 1784.
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Who was Christopher D'Oyly?
British politician (bap. 1717, d. 1795)
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Christopher D'Oyly was born in 1717.
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Christopher D'Oyly died on 19 January 1795.
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Christopher D'Oyly was a politician and barrister.
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