Dongan,  Thomas,  was  a  younger  son  of  an
Irish  baronet,  born  in  1634.  He  was  a  colonel
in  the  royal  army,  and  served  under  the  French
Mug.  In  1678  he  was  appointed  Lienteuabt-
govemor  of  Tangier,  Africa,  whence  he  was  re-
called in  1680.  The  relations  between  England
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and  France  were  then  delicat«,  and  Dongan
being  a  Roman  Catholic,  like  the  proprietor  of.
