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1722-1792. British general and dramatist. He
served in the American War of Independence
and surrendered 1777 to the colonists at
Saratoga, New York State, in one of the
pivotal battles of the war. He wrote
comedies, among them The Maid of the Oaks
1775 and The Heiress 1786. He figures in
George Bernard Shaw's play The Devil's
Disciple.