About Robert Burne
Lived 1755 – 1825 (aged 69–70). Robert Burne was a British military personnel and military leader.
Lieutenant-General Robert Burne ( 1753 – 16 June 1825) was a senior British Army officer who saw action in the Napoleonic Wars.
Military career Burne was commissioned as an ensign in the 36th Regiment of Foot in 1773. He was deployed to India in 1783 and saw action at the Battle of Sittimungulum in September 1790 during the Third Anglo-Mysore War and then at the Siege of Pondicherry in August 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars. After being sent to Minorca in 1800, he was dispatched to Hanover under the command of General William Cathcart in 1805. He then commanded the 2nd Brigade in the 6th Division from March to November 1811 and from February to April 1812. He was promoted to lieutenant-general on 19 July 1821.
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British Army general (1755-1825)
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Robert Burne was born in 1755 in England.
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Robert Burne died in 1825.
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Robert Burne was a military personnel and military leader.
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Robert Burne was British.
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· DBpedia: Robert Burne (British Army officer)
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