General John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore, GCB was an Irish soldier and politician. He served for many years in the British Army, most notably as commander in the Egyptian campaign when he
The Battle of Alexandria by Philip James de Loutherbourg. Following Sir Ralph Abercromby's fatal wound at the battle, Hely-Hutchinson took command of British forces for the remainder of the Egyptian Campaign.
The French invasion of Egypt and Syria was a military expedition to Ottoman-held Egypt and Syria led by Napoleon Bonaparte during the French Revolutionary Wars. The campaign aimed to undermine British
John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore
…GCB (15 May 1757 – 29 June 1832) was an Irish soldier and politician. He served for many years in the British Army, most notably as commander in the Egyptian campaign when he forced a French army to surrender at the Siege of Alexandria in 1801, ending Napoleon's ambitions in Egypt. He was the son of John Hely-Hutchinson…
French campaign in Egypt and Syria
Landing of Napoleon's troops in Egypt in July 1798
The Battle of the Pyramids, Louis-François, Baron Lejeune, 1808
The Battle of the Nile by Mather Brown, 1825