Asgill Sir Charles 1762-1823 A Lieutenant In Cornwallis's Army
1780. Taken prisoner at Yorktown, condemned to death by the Americans,
to avenge death of a Revolutionary officer. Marie Antoinette having been
interested in his fate, interceded, and Asgill was released. Afterwards
served in the Low Countries and in Ireland. =Index=: (Lord Dorchester era) Chosen by lot
for retaliatory hanging, 198. =Bib.=: Cyc. Am. Biog.