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Elucidário Madeirense

Person military_officer

Clinton

military_officer

British colonel whose troops were partly quartered in the fort in 1801.

1Mentioned in

Our Lady of the Peña de Francia (fort) — British colonel whose troops were partly quartered in the fort in 1801.

2Chronology

1801
A British squadron arrived at Funchal, beginning the first British occupation of Madeira; troops under Clinton were quartered in the Jesuit college, the Penha de França fort and the theatre, forcing the seminary back to the Mosteiro Novo.

3Places mentioned

Map: Madeira (2)

Map: Madeira (2)