Pedro Sarsfield
Pedro Sarsfield | |
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| Born | 28 December 1781 Ceuta |
| Died | 26 August 1837 Pamplona, Spain |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Spain |
| Service | Infantry |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
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Pedro Sarsfield y Waters, 1st Count Sarsfield (1781–1837), was a Spanish general of Irish descent. He is considered one of the best Spanish tacticians among his generation.
Sarsfield was a descendant of Patrick Sarsfield, a celebrated Jacobite general, and one of many Spanish generals who were second- or third generation descendants of those came from Ireland after the Battle of the Boyne (1690).