Richard Guyon

He was born at Walcot, near Bath, Somerset,[1][2] the son of Commander John Guyon RN (1767–1844), a shipmate and friend of the Duke of Clarence (later William IV of Britain), and descended from a French noble family.

[3] After receiving a military education in England, Guyon fought against Dom Miguel in the Liberal Wars in Portugal.

Under the name of Kourshid Pasha, he, as a general of division, was Governor of Damascus, and at the beginning of the Crimean war, did much to organise the army of Kars.

[1][5] According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography he was "the first Christian to obtain the rank of pasha and a Turkish military command without being obliged to change his religion".

[citation needed] The 1863 Chambers Encyclopaedia states "Indomitable courage, and an incessant care for the comfort of the troops under his command, were the chief features in Guyon's character".

Grave of Richard Guyon at the Haydarpaşa Cemetery in Istanbul , Turkey