Charles Wolfe
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Irish poet
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Charles Wolfe was an Irish poet, chiefly remembered for "The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna" which achieved popularity in 19th century poetry anthologies. Family Born at Blackhall, County Kildare, the youngest son of Theobald Wolfe of Blackhall and his wife Frances , daughter of the Rev. Peter Lombard of Clooncorrick Castle, Carrigallen, County Leitrim. His father was the godfather – but widely believed to be the natural father – of Theobald Wolfe Tone. He was a brother of Peter Wolfe , High Sheriff of Kildare; and, their father's first cousin was Arthur Wolfe, 1st Viscount Kilwarden.
