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|name=John Northall<br />
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|death_date=1759<br />
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Captain '''John Northall''' (1723?–1759) was an officer of the [[British Army]] and a writer.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Northall entered the service as a gentleman-cadet in the [[Royal Regiment of Artillery]] on 1 July 1741, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant fireworker on 1 April 1742. He served under Colonel Thomas Pattison with the Royal Artillery in [[Flanders]] in 1742, and was promoted to [[second lieutenant]] on 1 April 1744. He was present at the [[battle of Fontenoy]] on 11 May 1745, and became [[lieutenant|first lieutenant]] on 3 October 1745, captain-lieutenant on 24 March 1752, and [[captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 1 October 1755.<ref name=DNB>{{DNB|inline=1 |wstitle=Northall, John |last=Soulsby |first=Basil Harrington |volume=41 |page=183}}</ref><br />
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In February 1752 Northall went to [[Minorca]], and thence embarked for [[Livorno|Leghorn]]. Instead of making the usual tour of Italy, he first visited the principal cities of [[Tuscany]], and, after a cursory visit to [[Rome]], went to [[Naples]]. Then, after a more lengthened stay in Rome, he went to [[Loreto, Marche|Loretto]], [[Bologna]], [[Venice]], [[Mantua]], [[Parma]], and [[Modena]], and returned to Leghorn, whence he sailed for [[Genoa]]. From Genoa he went by sea to [[Villafranca]], and on by land to [[Marseilles]].<ref name=DNB/> In 1755 he and [[Richard Maitland (British Army officer)|Richard Maitland]] were among the Royal Artillery officers who were sent as commanders of companies to India. In February 1759, he served under Maitland in the capture of [[Surat]].<ref>{{Cite DNB|wstitle=Maitland, Richard (1714?-1763)|first=E.|last=O'Callaghan|volume=35|pages=370–371}}</ref> He died later that year.<ref name=DNB/><br />
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==Works==<br />
A posthumous account of his Italian tour was published in July 1766, entitled ''Travels through Italy; containing new and curious Observations on that Country. … With the most authentic Account yet published of capital Pieces in Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture that are to be seen in Italy, &c.'', making up eight volumes.<ref name=DNB/> This work has been criticised as closely following the previous travels of J. G. Keysler.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|id=20319|title=Northall, John (1723?–1759)|date=May 2007|first=B. H. |last=Soulsby|first2=Roger T.|last2= Stearn}}</ref><br />
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