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A fact from Sir John Doyle, 1st Baronet appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 January 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that King George III wrote a letter about General Sir John Doyle's exploits in the American and French Revolutionary Wars ... "so that his zeal and exertions in our service may be known to posterity"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/January.

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Is this fellow called Sir John Doyle, or Sir Alan Doyle?

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Though the BBC Source says that he completed his studies at TCD, but a more complete and authoritative source, the Cambridge Dictionary of Irish Biography has him dropping out, so the article is edited to reflect that. Petropetro (talk) 02:49, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Secretary of War"

"Secretary of War" is a cabinet level American title of what is now the Secretary of Defense, and never a title for British persons. I removed the brackets.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 23:01, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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"Secretary of War"

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