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	Nightingall entered the army in 1787. He served in India and in England with [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis\|Lord Cornwallis]] and was at [[Puerto Rico]] with [[Ralph Abercromby]] in 1797 and at the [[Captaincy General of Santo Domingo\|San Domingo]] with [[Thomas Maitland (British Army officer)\|Thomas Maitland]] in December 1797.<ref name=odnb>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20195 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]</ref> He arranged the evacuation of [[Port-au-Prince]].<ref name=odnb/> He commanded the 4th Battalion in Ireland during Cornwallis' Viceroyalty, and was on the staff when the latter went as Ambassador-Extraordinary to France in 1802.<ref name=odnb/> He was also Military Secretary during Cornwallis' Viceroyalty in India.<ref name=odnb/>		Nightingall entered the army in 1787. He served in India and in England with [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis\|Lord Cornwallis]] and was at [[Puerto Rico]] with [[Ralph Abercromby]] in 1797 and at the [[Captaincy General of Santo Domingo\|San Domingo]] with [[Thomas Maitland (British Army officer)\|Thomas Maitland]] in December 1797.<ref name=odnb>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20195 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]</ref> He arranged the evacuation of [[Port-au-Prince]].<ref name=odnb/> He commanded the 4th Battalion in Ireland during Cornwallis' Viceroyalty, and was on the staff when the latter went as Ambassador-Extraordinary to France in 1802.<ref name=odnb/> He was also Military Secretary during Cornwallis' Viceroyalty in India.<ref name=odnb/>

	In the mid-1800s he was stationed in the British penal colony of [[New South Wales]], where he commanded the 73rd Regiment. In 1809 he declined an offer to become [[Governor of New South Wales\|Governor]],.<ref>{{cite book \|title =The Governors of New South Wales \| last=Bongiorno\|first=Frank\|editor1 = Clune, David\| editor2=Turner, Ken \| year =2009 \| publisher =The Federation Press \| pages = 109–110 \| isbn =9781862877436}}</ref> Instead in 1811 he took command of the 1st ~~division~~ in the [[Anglo-Portuguese Army]] in the [[Peninsular War]] before going again to India, where he was the [[Commander-in-chief]] of the [[Bombay Army]] from 24 February 1816 to 9 October 1819.<ref>{{cite book		In the mid-1800s he was stationed in the British penal colony of [[New South Wales]], where he commanded the 73rd Regiment. In 1809 he declined an offer to become [[Governor of New South Wales\|Governor]],.<ref>{{cite book \|title =The Governors of New South Wales \| last=Bongiorno\|first=Frank\|editor1 = Clune, David\| editor2=Turner, Ken \| year =2009 \| publisher =The Federation Press \| pages = 109–110 \| isbn =9781862877436}}</ref> Instead in 1811 he took command of the [[History of the British 1st Division between 1809–1909\|1st Division]] in the [[Anglo-Portuguese Army]] in the [[Peninsular War]] before going again to India, where he was the [[Commander-in-chief]] of the [[Bombay Army]] from 24 February 1816 to 9 October 1819.<ref>{{cite book
	\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ\|author=Great Britain India Office\|title=The India List and India Office List\|volume=I\|year=1819\|publisher=Harrison\|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=toc#PRA1–PA127,M1 127]\|accessdate=2009-01-08}}</ref> He returned to England in 1819 and was elected at the [[1820 United Kingdom general election\|1820 general election]] as a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Eye (UK Parliament constituency)\|Eye]],<ref name="stooks-smith">{{cite book		\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ\|author=Great Britain India Office\|title=The India List and India Office List\|volume=I\|year=1819\|publisher=Harrison\|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=toc#PRA1–PA127,M1 127]\|accessdate=2009-01-08}}</ref> He returned to England in 1819 and was elected at the [[1820 United Kingdom general election\|1820 general election]] as a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Eye (UK Parliament constituency)\|Eye]],<ref name="stooks-smith">{{cite book
	\|last=Stooks Smith		\|last=Stooks Smith

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| name =Sir Miles Nightingall
| image = Memorial to General Sir Miles Nightingall in Gloucester Cathedral.JPG
| caption = Memorial to General Sir Miles Nightingall in [[Gloucester Cathedral]]
| birth_date =25 December 1768<ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|e|2|date=March 2012}}</ref>
| death_date =12 September 1829<ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|e|2|date=March 2012}}</ref>
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[[General]] '''Sir Miles Nightingall''' [[Order of the Bath|KCB]] (25 December 1768 – 12 September 1829) was a [[British Army]] officer. He sat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] as a [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]] from 1820 to 1829.

==Military career==
Nightingall entered the army in 1787. He served in India and in England with [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Cornwallis]] and was at [[Puerto Rico]] with [[Ralph Abercromby]] in 1797 and at the [[Captaincy General of Santo Domingo|San Domingo]] with [[Thomas Maitland (British Army officer)|Thomas Maitland]] in December 1797.<ref name=odnb>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20195 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]</ref> He arranged the evacuation of [[Port-au-Prince]].<ref name=odnb/> He commanded the 4th Battalion in Ireland during Cornwallis' Viceroyalty, and was on the staff when the latter went as Ambassador-Extraordinary to France in 1802.<ref name=odnb/> He was also Military Secretary during Cornwallis' Viceroyalty in India.<ref name=odnb/>

In the mid-1800s he was stationed in the British penal colony of [[New South Wales]], where he commanded the 73rd Regiment. In 1809 he declined an offer to become [[Governor of New South Wales|Governor]],.<ref>{{cite book |title =The Governors of New South Wales | last=Bongiorno|first=Frank|editor1 = Clune, David| editor2=Turner, Ken | year =2009 | publisher =The Federation Press | pages = 109–110 | isbn =9781862877436}}</ref> Instead in 1811 he took command of the 1st division in the [[Anglo-Portuguese Army]] in the [[Peninsular War]] before going again to India, where he was the [[Commander-in-chief]] of the [[Bombay Army]] from 24 February 1816 to 9 October 1819.<ref>{{cite book
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ|author=Great Britain India Office|title=The India List and India Office List|volume=I|year=1819|publisher=Harrison|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=toc#PRA1–PA127,M1 127]|accessdate=2009-01-08}}</ref> He returned to England in 1819 and was elected at the [[1820 United Kingdom general election|1820 general election]] as a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Eye (UK Parliament constituency)|Eye]],<ref name="stooks-smith">{{cite book
|last=Stooks Smith
|first=Henry.
|editor=Craig, F. W. S.
|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig
|title=[[The Parliaments of England]]
|origyear=1844-1850
|edition=2nd
|year=1973
|publisher=Parliamentary Research Services
|location=Chichester
|isbn=0-900178-13-2
|pages=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/313 313–314]
}}</ref>
and held the seat until his death in 1829, aged 60.<ref name="rayment" />

==References==
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| before = [[Mark Singleton (MP)|Mark Singleton]]
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| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Eye (UK Parliament constituency)|Eye]]
| years = [[1820 United Kingdom general election|1820]] – [[1829 Eye by-election|1829]]
| with = [[Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford|Sir Robert Gifford]] to 1824
| with2 = [[Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet|Sir Edward Kerrison, Bt]] from 1824
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| after = [[Philip Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley|Sir Philip Sidney, Bt]]
| after2 = [[Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet|Sir Edward Kerrison, Bt]]
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