Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Lyle Carmichael (1764 – 11 May 1813) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant-governor of Demerara and Essequibo from 1812 to 1813, when he died in office. He also was commander of the British forces at the 1808 siege of Santo Domingo and was a strong proponent of giving the West India Regiments equal treatment to white British troops.
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1764 Dublin, Ireland
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11 May 1813 (aged 48) Demerara, Guyana
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