Joseph Sabine (British Army officer) |Died||24 October 1739
|Allegiance||Kingdom of Great Britain| |Battles/wars||Nine
Years' War War of Spanish Succession Military career  He
subsequently served in Flanders throughout the War of Spanish
Succession, commanding his Regiment at the Battle of Blenheim in
1704, at the Battle of Oudenarde in 1708 and then at the Siege
of Lille later that year. He was given command of the Citadel at
Ghent where he had to put down a mutiny in 1712. Then in 1716 he
commanded a Brigade sent to confront the Pretender's Army at
Perth. Later that year he became Commander of the British Army
throughout Scotland. In 1719 he was appointed Governor of
Berwick and of Holy Island, He entered Parliament in 1727 as
member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing that constituency
until 1734. He was promoted to General in 1730, and was
subsequently appointed Governor of Gibraltar; he died there on
24 October 1739. - Joseph Sabine at Oxford Dictionary of
National Biography - "Sabine, Joseph (1662?-173