Sir Paul Pechell, 1st Baronet (12 November 1724 – 13 January 1800), was a Britisharmyofficer and descendant of minorHuguenotnobility ofLanguedoc (originally de Péchels). He was born in Owenstown, county Kildare, the son of army officer Jacob Pechell and his wife Jane Boyd.[1] His grandfather had been ejected fromFrance following theRevocation of the Edict of Nantes and ultimately settled inIreland.[citation needed]
Pechell entered the army ascornet-en-seconde in theRoyal Regiment of Dragoons in 1744, and was promotedcaptain inFleming's Regiment of Foot in 1746.[1] Wounded atLaffeld in 1747 during theWar of the Austrian Succession, he received 'the greatest commendation' from theDuke of Cumberland.
In 1751, Pechell was gazetted captain in the3rd Dragoon Guards, and in the following spring his regiment escortedGeorge II toHarwich to embark forHanover. For the next three years the regiment was on coast duty suppressing smuggling inSuffolk,Essex, andDevon and patrolling against highway robbers. Pechell was gazettedguidon in theSecond Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards in 1754, and was promoted to captain in 1755,major in 1759, andlieutenant-colonel in 1762. He retired from thearmy in 1768, receiving a lump sum for his commission.
He married Mary Brooke in 1752.[2] She was the only daughter and heir of Thomas Brooke, ofPaglesham,Essex; they had two sons and five daughters.[1] Pechell was created abaronet on 1 March 1797, and died in 1800. His eldest son,Major-GeneralSir Thomas Brooke-Pechell, 2nd Baronet (1753–1826), was father ofRear-AdmiralSir Samuel John Brooke-Pechell, 3rd Baronet (1785–1849), and ofAdmiralSir George Richard Brooke-Pechell, 4th Baronet (1789–1860).
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