He  entered  the  British  army  in  1789 ;  served  in
Holland  and  Egypt;  and  in  1811  was  made  lieu-
tenant-general. In  1813  he  was  second  in  com-
mand to  Sir  George  Prevost ;  planned  the  capt-
ure of  Fort  Niagara  in  December  of  that  year ;
took  the  villages  of  Black  Eock  and  Buflialo ;
captured  Oswego  in  May,  1814 ;  and  was  in  chief
command  of  the  British  forces  at  the  battle  of
Lnndy's  Lane,  (which  see)  in  July.  In  August
he  was  repulsed  at  Fort  Erie,  with  heavy  loss,
and  was  severely  wounded.  He  succeeded  Pre-
vost in  1814,  and  returned  to  England  in  1816..
DUAUE


407


DUER


The  next  yeax  he  received  the  grand  croas  of
the  Bath.
Duane,  James,  was  bom  in  New  York  city,
Feb.  6, 1733 ;  died  at  Duanesbnrg,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  1,
1797.  He  inherited  a  large  estate  at  the  site  of
Daanesbuig,  which  he  began  to  settle  in  1765.
In  1759  he  married  a  dangbter  of  Colonel  Robert
Livingston.  He  became  an  active  patriot  in  the
Revolntion ;  was  a  member  of  the  First  Conti-
nental Congress  (1774) ;  also  in  Congress  from
1780  to  1782;  was  in  the  Provincial  Convention
of  New  York  in  1776-77 ;  and  was  on  the  com-
mittee to  draft  the  first  constitution  of  that
state.  He  returned  to  New  York  city  in  1783,
after  the  evacuation,  and  was  the  first  mayor  of
that  city  after  the  Revolntion.  In  1783-84  he
was  a  member  of  the  Council  and  State  Sena-
tor, and  in  1788  was  a  member  of  the  conven-
tion of  New  York  that  adopted  the  National
Constitution.  From  1789  to  1794  Mr.  Dnane
was  United  States  District  Judge.
