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[[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=i5AeAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA599&lpg=PA599&dq=george+Thomas+d%27aguilar+infantry&source=bl&ots=gZ_WbLDujV&sig=cAolWM56mQdplStRNS2J3JsMJ04&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiMlsrC7OTfAhUBFpAKHfjIDzQQ6AEwB3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=george%20Thomas%20d'aguilar%20infantry&f=false The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature, Volume 3] p.599 (Sep-Dec 1824)</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=px0YAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA7-PA58&lpg=RA7-PA58&dq=Lt-Col+George+Thomas+d%27Aguilar&source=bl&ots=eGjgyhiXD6&sig=6ixc02SFyfCDHb-e7GA_J1IXVPE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiP7Ljk4-DfAhULf5AKHQ3nC2o4ChDoATABegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=Lt-Col%20George%20Thomas%20d'Aguilar&f=false Calcutta Monthly Journal and General Register] p.58</ref> '''George Thomas d'Aguilar''' (11 August 1783 – 9 October 1839) was [[British Army]] officer.<br />
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== Family ==<br />
D'Aguilar was born in [[Oxford]], to Benjamin d'Aguilar and Jane d'Aguilar, D'Aguilar received the [[Anglican]] baptism in May 1784. He was a descendant of [[Baron Diego Pereira d'Aguilar]] and cousin of [[George Charles D'Aguilar]]. He married with Catherine Burton and they had 8 children, including the Rev. John Burton D'Aguilar, [[Vicar (Anglicanism)|Vicar]] of Ashwick. His wife Catherine was the aunt of the explorer Sir [[Richard Francis Burton]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20031204183851/http://www.kittybrewster.com/ancestry/daguilar.htm The Genealogy of the d'Aguilar Family]}}</ref><ref>[[The Eagle (magazine)|The Eagle]]: A Magazine Supported by Members of St. John's College, Volume 26, p.77. [[W. Metcalfe and Son|W. Metcalfe]], 1905</ref><br />
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== Military career ==<br />
D'Aguilar traveled to [[Calcutta]] on 14 November 1790 and entered the [[Infantry of the British Army|first Battalion]] of the [[Somerset Light Infantry|13th Regiment of Foot]] in [[Varanasi]]. Having secured a commission on the establishment of the honorable service of the [[East India Company]], D'Aguilar traveled to [[Madras]] and was sent to the [[86th Carnatic Infantry|13th Native Infantry of Madras]]. In August 1798 he was commissioned by the [[78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot|H.M.S 78th]]. He was promoted to the post of Lieutenant on 29 May 1800 in [[Gorakhpur]]. In 1802 he became a volunteer to participate in the French campaign in [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria|Egyptian Expedition]], but was not accepted. He served in the battalion's advance with Colonel Philpot's brigade, and subsequently in Sir Dyson Marshal's division, he commanded 5 [[Company (military unit)|companies]] at [[Mundla Chand|Mundla]] in 23 to 27 April 1818, and under the personal direction of [[James Watson (British Army officer)|Gen. J. Watson]], in HMS 14th regiment he was allowed to join the 1st battalion 13th regiment. In August 1818 he went to [[Ceylon]] and then to [[Barrackpore]] with some volunteers, but the conflicts in those places were repressed and he returned his corps at [[Aligarh]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fUfRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA448&dq=George+Thomas+d%27Aguilar&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj74KrDs-HfAhXDFZAKHSaABLsQ6wEIRzAE#v=onepage&q=George%20Thomas%20d'Aguilar&f=false The East India Military Calendar: Containing the Services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army, Volume 2] pp. 448-450 [[John Philippart]],<br />
[[W. H. Allen & Co.|Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen]], 1824</ref><br />
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He was grandfather of [[Francis d'Aguilar]]. He died in 1839 in [[Calcutta]].<br />
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