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The General was a Hereditary official in the Kingdom of Mosquitia. The position appears to have been created in the early eighteenth century and was under the control of the Zambo segment of the kingdom. The General ruled the northern region from the Wanks River to nearly Trujillo, or the territory known by the Spanish officials as Taguzgalpa.

List of Generals

Peter (1722–1729)
Charles Hobby (1729-c 1740)
Handyside (c 1740–1764)
Tempest (1764-c 1785)
Thomas Lee (1785–1790)
Perkin Tempest (1796–1797)
Edward Trelawney (1790-1790)
Jaspar Hall (1790–1797)
Lowry Robinson (1800-?)
Barras (1820)
Thomas Lowry Robinson (c 1830-c 1847)
Mettison (1847)^[1]

References

^ Michael Olien, "General, Governor and Admiral: Three Miskito Lines of Succession," Ethnohistory 45/2 (1998): 286, figure 2.

[1] Michael Olien, "General, Governor and Admiral: Three Miskito Lines of Succession," Ethnohistory 45/2 (1998): 286, figure 2.

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-The General was an official in the [[Mosquito Coast|Miskito Kingdom]]. The position appears to have been created in the early eighteenth century and was under the control of the [[Miskito Sambu|Zambo]] segment of the kingdom. The General ruled the northern region from the [[Wanks River]] to nearly [[Trujillo, Honduras|Trujillo]].
+The '''General''' was a [[Heredity|Hereditary]] [[official]] in the [[Mosquito Coast|Kingdom of Mosquitia]]. The position appears to have been created in the early eighteenth century and was under the control of the [[Miskito Sambu|Zambo]] segment of the kingdom. The General ruled the northern region from the [[Wanks River]] to nearly [[Trujillo, Honduras|Trujillo]], or the territory known by the Spanish officials as [[Taguzgalpa]].
 ==List of Generals==