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Christopher D'Oyley


(b. 1717, United Kingdom – d. 1795, United Kingdom )

Gender: M

D’Oyley of Walton-on-Thames, was a barrister, and politician. He was the MP for Wareham, held offices in the War Office, as undersecretary of the Colonial Department, and was the Commissary general of musters. He was well-connected, a friend of Horace Walpole, Admiral Lord Howe and General Sir William Howe, and Lord Clive.

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