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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Lake, Gerard Lake, Viscount, 1744-1808 NRA: Lake, Gerard (1744-1808) 1st Viscount Lake, General DNB: Lake, Gerard, first Viscount Lake of Delhi (1744–1808), army officer LBT ID: LdLake1 VIAF ID: 76184033 LOC ID: nr92042848 | B/BAP: 1744-07-27 DIED: 1808-02-20 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thepeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
The son of Launcelot Charles Lake; educated at Eton, he was equerry to the Prince of
Wales (1787), major-general (1790), MP for Aylesbury (1790, 1796-1802), commander of
northern Ireland (1797) and commander-in-chief of the East Indies (1800-05). | |
