Arent De Peyster
Arent Schuyler De Peyster | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 June 1736 |
| Died | 26 November 1822 (aged 86) Dumfries, Scotland |
| Spouse | Rebecca Blair (d. 1827) |
| Relations | Abraham De Peyster (grandfather) Arent Schuyler (grandfather) Peter Schuyler (uncle) |
| Parent(s) | Pierre Guillaume De Peyster Cornelia Schuyler |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Great Britain |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1755–1794 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | French and Indian War American War of Independence |
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Colonel Arent Schuyler De Peyster (27 June 1736 – 26 November 1822) was a British military officer best known for his term as commandant of Fort Michilimackinac and Fort Detroit during the American War of Independence. Following the capture of Lieutenant-Governor General Henry Hamilton in 1779, De Peyster became the de facto military leader of British and Indigenous forces in the Ohio Country and the upper Great Lakes region.