Richard Debaufre Guyon (1813 – October 12, 1856), British soldier, general in the Hungarian revolutionary army and Turkish pasha (Kurshid Pasha), was born at Walcot, near Bath.
After receiving a military education in England, Guyon fought against Dom Miguel in Portugal. In 1832 Guyon entered the Austrian service joining the Hungarian hussars; and on being attached as aide-de-camp to Baron Splényi, married the daughter of that general in 1838.
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Richard Debaufre Guyon (1813 – October 12, 1856), British soldier, general in the Hungarian revolutionary army and Turkish pasha (Kurshid Pasha), was born at Walcot, near Bath.
After receiving a military education in England, Guyon fought against Dom Miguel in Portugal. In 1832 Guyon entered the Austrian service joining the Hungarian hussars; and on being attached as aide-de-camp to Baron Splényi, married the daughter of that general in 1838.
From that time till the outbreak of the revolution, Guyon led the life of a country gentleman on his estates near Komárom, but was one among the first to offer his services to the national government as an officer of the Hungarian Honvéds, and played a prominent part in the struggle for independence during the Hungarian War.
During the retreat of Görgei's army, Guyon carried the mountain-pass of Branyiszko, and by that daring feat of his re-established the communication with the government at Debrecen, as also with the several other Hungarian...
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