Charles MacCarthy (governor)

Brigadier-General Sir Charles MacCarthy (February 15, 1764 – January 21, 1824) is an Irish-born soldier who serves in the French, Dutch and British armies, and is a governor of various British territories in West Africa.

He was born in Cork in Ireland, the son of the French émigré Jean Gabriel Guérault and his wife Yvette Parra; he changes his name at an early age to MacCarthy, his mother's maiden name, on the advice of his uncle Thaddeus MacCarthy, a colonel in the Life Guards of Louis XV and later a captain in the 9th Regiment of Foot.

He marries Antoinette Carpot in 1812, and has one son, Charles; he will be adopted by his uncle, the Comte de Mervé after his father's death, and succeed to that title on his uncle's death as a naturalized French citizen.

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