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Dignan, David Brown

(b. 1754/5, d. in or after 1780)

Simon Devereaux

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/66598

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Dignan, David Brown (b. 1754/5, d. in or after 1780), author and fraudster, was the second son of an Irish physician who served in the Austrian army and rose to the rank of colonel before retiring to an estate in co. Clare. Dignan...

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date: 28 February 2021

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