General George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, was a British Army officer who served as the governor of Gibraltar from 1779 to 1790. Eliott rose to distinction during the Seven Years' War when
Portrait of Lord Heathfield by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1787
George Augustus Eliott Portrait by Mather Brown Portrait on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Defeat of the floating batteries by John Singleton Copley - climax of the Great Siege of Gibraltar in 1782. Eliot is on the white horse
Memorial by John Bacon, senior in St Andrew's Church, Buckland Monachorum
Great Siege of Gibraltar
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The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from Britain during the American Revolutionary War. It was the largest battle in the war by number of
The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar John Trumbull, 1789
Martín Antonio Álvarez de Sotomayor Spanish army commander
George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield British Governor of Gibraltar
Panoramic view of Gibraltar under siege from Spanish fleet and land positions in foreground