Joseph Sabine (British Army officer)

Joseph Sabine
Joseph Sabine
	portrait attributed to Edward Byng
Born	1661
Died	24 October 1739; Gibraltar, Iberian Peninsula
Buried	Tewin Church, Hertfordshire, England
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	c.1689–1739
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Nine Years' War Siege of Namur; ; War of Spanish Succession Battle of Schellenberg (WIA); Battle of Blenheim (WIA); Battle of Ramillies; Battle of Oudenarde; Siege of Lille; ; Jacobite rising of 1715;

General Joseph Sabine (c. 1661 – 24 October 1739) was a British Army officer who fought in the Nine Years' War, the War of Spanish Succession and the Jacobite rising of 1715. He was later a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1734, becoming Governor of Gibraltar in 1730.

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