Arent de Peyster | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Arent Schuyler de Peyster 27 June 1736 New York City, New York, British America |
| Died | 26 November 1822 Dumfries, Scotland |
| Spouse |
Rebecca Blair
(m. 1757) |
| Relations | Abraham de Peyster (grandfather) Arent Schuyler (grandfather) Peter Schuyler (uncle) |
| Parent(s) | Pierre Guillaume DePeyster Cornelia Schuyler |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  British America |
| Branch/service | 50th Foot, 51st Foot, 8th Foot |
| Years of service | 1755–1794 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | French and Indian War American War of Independence |
Arent Schuyler DePeyster (27 June 1736 – 26 November 1822) was an American-born military officer best known for his term as commandant of the British controlled Fort Michilimackinac and Fort Detroit during the American Revolutionary War. Following the capture of Lieutenant-Governor General Henry Hamilton in 1779, DePeyster became the de facto military leader of British and Indigenous forces in the Ohio Country and the upper Great Lakes region.[1]
- ^ Armour, David A. "DePeyster, Arent Schuyler". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 16 March 2017.