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Sir Hudson Lowe ou Lord Lowe (Galway, 28 de julho de 1769 — Chelsea, 10 de janeiro de 1844) foi um soldado e administrador colonial anglo-irlandês, mais conhecido como o carcereiro de Napoleão Bonaparte, pois foi governador de Santa Helena durante o exílio de Napoleão naquela ilha.
Hudson Lowe fue un comandante británico-irlandés, más conocido como el "Carcelero de Napoleón", cuando era gobernador de la Isla Santa Elena. Fue caballero gran cruz de la Orden de San Miguel y San Jorge.
General Sir Hudson Lowe appeared to be exactly the type of soldier who might have risen to the rank of Marshal had he been on the side of Napoleon. Lowe was a very competent and devoted soldier with unquestioned loyalty – just the type of soldier to impress Napoleon.
Sir Hudson Lowe was a British general, governor of St. Helena when Napoleon I was held captive there; he was widely criticized for his unbending treatment of the former emperor. Lowe held several important commands in the war with France from 1793.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A short biography (with portrait) of Hudson Lowe (1769-1844), British General, fussy and vexatious jailer of Napoleon in Saint Helena.
This book is the first full-scale biography of Hudson Lowe – a remarkable fact, given the huge quantities of ink spilt in his disfavour – and it attempts to give a more balanced view of the man best known as Napoleon's Jailer.
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