RICHARD DEBAUFRE

See also:

• GUYON, JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTHE (1648—1717)
• RICHARD DEBAUFRE GUYON (1803-1856)

GUYON (1803-1856)  , British soldier, general in the Hungarian revolutionary army and Turkish pasha, was born at Walcot, near Bath, in 1803 . After receiving a military education in England and in Austria he entered the Hungarian hussars in 1823, in which he served until after his marriage with a daughter of Baron Spleny, a general officer in the imperial service . At the outbreak of the Hungarian War in 1848, he re-entered active service as an officer of the Hungarian Honveds, and he won great distinction in the action of Sukoro (September 29, 1848) and the battle of Schwechat (October 30) . He added to his reputation as a leader in various actions in the winter of 1848-1849, and after the battle of Kapolna was made a general officer . He served in important and sometimes independent commands to the end of the war, after which he escaped to Turkey . In 1852 he entered the service of the sultan . He was made a pasha and lieutenant-general without being required to change his faith, and rendered distinguished service in the campaign against the Russians in Asia Minor (1854-55) . General Guyon died of cholera at Scutari on the 12th of October 1856 . See A . W . Kinglake, The Patriot and the Hero General Guyon (1856) .