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Born January 9, 1744 • Westfield • Massachusetts
Died September 8, 1821 (aged 77) • Margate • England
Political Affiliation loyalist
Role In American Revolution
John André
John André
British military officer
George III
George III
king of Great Britain
John Cairncross
British civil servant and spy
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis
British general and statesman
Anthony Blunt
British art historian and spy
Philby, Kim
Kim Philby
British intelligence officer and Soviet spy
William Legge, 2nd earl of Dartmouth
British statesman
Donald Maclean
British diplomat and spy
Guy Burgess
British diplomat and spy
John Burgoyne, steel engraving
John Burgoyne
British general
Sir Henry Clinton
Sir Henry Clinton
British military officer
Sir James Craig
governor general of Canada
Sir Frederick Haldimand
British general
Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson
prime minister of United Kingdom
Annenberg, Walter H.,
Walter H. Annenberg
American publisher and philanthropist
Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor
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Joseph Brant
Joseph Brant
Mohawk chief
Sidney Reilly
Russian spy
Simcoe, John Graves
John Graves Simcoe
British statesman
Patrick Ferguson
Scottish soldier and inventor

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