Governor of Gibraltar
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The governor of Gibraltar is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. The governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government.
George, Landgrave of Hesse
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1st Earl Of Portmore
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