Rufane Shaw Donkin

Lieutenant-General Sir Rufan Shaw Donkin (1772 - May 1, 1841) was an officer in the British army of the Napoleonic era, and then a member of parliament. Rufen Donkin came from a military family and was the eldest child of General Robert Donkin, who served with many prominent British commanders, including Wolfe and Gage and his Colonel William Rufan. Young Rufan was baptized in the Church of St. David in Exeter on October 9, 1772, under the name Russo Shaw Donkin.