# Paul Pechell

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paul_Pechell
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paul_Pechell.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pechell
> Source revision: 1294838269
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Use British English|date=March 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
thumb|Thomas Gainsborough's portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Paul Pechell - at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York{{Short description|British army officer (1724 – 1800)}}
'''Sir Paul Pechell, 1st Baronet''' (12 November 1724 – 13 January 1800), was a British [army](/source/British_Army) [officer](/source/Officer_(armed_forces)) and descendant of minor [Huguenot](/source/Huguenot) [nobility](/source/nobility) of [Languedoc](/source/Languedoc) (originally de Péchels). He was born in Owenstown, county Kildare, the son of army officer Jacob Pechell and his wife Jane Boyd.<ref name=":0">Soulsby, B., & Stearn, R.  (2004, September 23). Pechell, Sir Paul, first baronet (1724–1800), army officer. ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.'' Retrieved 6 Jan. 2025, from <nowiki>https://www-oxforddnb-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-21735</nowiki>. {{Cite ODNB |title=The Wikipedia Library |url=https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/?next_url=/ezproxy/r/ezp.2aHR0cHM6Ly9kb2kub3JnLzEwLjEwOTMvcmVmOm9kbmIvMjE3MzU- |access-date=2025-01-06 | date=2004 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/21735}}</ref> His grandfather had been ejected from [France](/source/France) following the [Revocation of the Edict of Nantes](/source/Revocation_of_the_Edict_of_Nantes) and ultimately settled in [Ireland](/source/Ireland).{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

Pechell entered the army as [cornet](/source/cornet)-en-seconde in the [Royal Regiment of Dragoons](/source/1st_The_Royal_Dragoons) in 1744, and was promoted [captain](/source/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) in [Fleming's Regiment of Foot](/source/36th_(Herefordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot) in 1746.<ref name=":0" /> Wounded at [Laffeld](/source/Battle_of_Lauffeld) in 1747 during the [War of the Austrian Succession](/source/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession), he received 'the greatest commendation' from the [Duke of Cumberland](/source/Prince_William%2C_Duke_of_Cumberland).

In 1751, Pechell was gazetted captain in the [3rd Dragoon Guards](/source/3rd_Dragoon_Guards), and in the following spring his regiment escorted [George II](/source/George_II_of_Great_Britain) to [Harwich](/source/Harwich) to embark for [Hanover](/source/Hannover).  For the next three years the regiment was on coast duty suppressing smuggling in [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk), [Essex](/source/Essex), and [Devon](/source/Devon) and patrolling against highway robbers. Pechell was gazetted [guidon](/source/guidon_(Commonwealth)) in the [Second Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards](/source/Life_Guards_(British_Army)) in 1754, and was promoted to captain in 1755, [major](/source/Major_(rank)) in 1759, and [lieutenant-colonel](/source/lieutenant-colonel) in 1762. He retired from the [army](/source/British_army) in 1768, receiving a lump sum for his commission.

He married Mary Brooke in 1752.<ref>{{Citation |last=Gainsborough |first=Thomas |title=Lieutenant Colonel Paul Pechell (1724–1800) |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436434 |access-date=2025-01-06}}</ref> She was the only daughter and heir of Thomas Brooke, of [Paglesham](/source/Paglesham), [Essex](/source/Essex); they had two sons and five daughters.<ref name=":0" /> Pechell was created a [baronet](/source/Pechell_Baronets) on 1 March 1797, and died in 1800. His eldest son, [Major-General](/source/Major-General) [Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell, 2nd Baronet](/source/Sir_Thomas_Brooke-Pechell%2C_2nd_Baronet) (1753–1826), was father of [Rear-Admiral](/source/Rear-Admiral) [Sir Samuel John Brooke-Pechell, 3rd Baronet](/source/Sir_Samuel_John_Brooke-Pechell%2C_3rd_Baronet) (1785–1849), and of [Admiral](/source/Admiral) [Sir George Richard Brooke-Pechell, 4th Baronet](/source/Sir_George_Richard_Brooke-Pechell%2C_4th_Baronet) (1789–1860).

== See also ==

* [Pechell baronets](/source/Pechell_baronets)

== References ==
{{Reference list}}{{S-start}}
{{S-reg|gb-bt}}
{{s-new|Creation}}
{{S-ttl | title=[Baronet](/source/Pechell_Baronets)<br /> '''(of Paglesham)'''| years=1797&ndash;1800}}
{{s-aft| after=[Major-General <br />Thomas Brooke-Pechell](/source/Sir_Thomas_Brooke-Pechell%2C_2nd_Baronet) }}
{{S-end}}

{{Rayment-bt|date=March 2012}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pechell, Paul}}
Category:1724 births
Category:1800 deaths
Category:British Army personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession
Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain
Category:1st The Royal Dragoons officers
Category:3rd Dragoon Guards officers
Category:British Life Guards officers
Category:36th Regiment of Foot officers

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Paul Pechell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pechell) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pechell?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.