Andre, John

an officer in the British army during the American Revolutionary war. B. in London in 1751, he entered the army and came to America as a lieutenant in 1774, being subsequently made adjutant general, with the rank of major. He was a good scholar, had some ability as an artist and versifier, and was a man of varied accomplishments. When Benedict Arnold offered to surrender West Point to the British, General Clinton sent André to negotiate the surrender. He had a private interview with Arnold, was furnished with the plans of West Point, and on his return to New York by land was seized and the papers found concealed in his boot. He was condemned to death as a spy, and hanged Oct. 2, 1780. A monument to his memory has been erected in Westminster Abbey. Fig . 123. STAR OF THE ORDER OF THE THISTLE. of St. A. , enamelled and chased in green and gold. Thistles In André, St., Jacques d'Albon, marquis of Fronsac, gen-compose the collar, intermixed with sprigs of rue. erally known as Marshal of St. André , a French nobleman, who in 1547 was made gentleman of the bedchamber by Henry II. In 1550 he was deputed to bear the collar of his order to Henry VIII. of England, by whom he was invested with that of the Garter. On his return he was appointed to the command of the army in Champagne, where he greatly distinguished himself; but at the battle of St. Quentin was taken prisoner. On the death of Henry II. he was chosen one of the regency. Killed at the battle of Dreux, in 1562.-The Huguenots called St. André "The harquebusier of the West." An'drea, St., a cape on the N. promontory of the island of Cyprus.