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'Lord Lake', (1744-1808), 1830. Gerard Lake (1744-1808) British general who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and commanded British forces during the Irish Rebellion of 1798, he later served as Commander-in-Chief of the military in British India and served in the House of Commons with a vote on the Act of Union. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]