# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-arthur-comte-de-lally
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:53:28.450Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-arthur-comte-de-lally"
name: "Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally"
slug: "thomas-arthur-comte-de-lally"
description: "Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally, baron de Tollendal was a French army officer. Lally commanded French forces, including two battalions of his own red-coated Regiment of Lally of the Irish Brigade, in India during the Seven Years' War. After a failed attempt to capture Madras he lost the Battle of Wandiwash to British forces under Eyre Coote and then was forced to surrender the remaining French post at Pondicherry."
tagline: "Governor of French India (1702-1766)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ThomasArthurComteDeLally.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1702-01-13"
deathDate: "1766-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.06423982869379014
  historical:           10.13765866666667
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump