Philippe Hubert, Chevalier de Preudhomme de Borre (17 September 1717 – 1790/1791) joined the French Army in 1740 and served in the War of the Austrian Succession. During the American Revolutionary War he traveled to America where he was presented as a military expert. Promoted to general officer, his career as a Continental Army officer was brief and undistingished. He resigned under a cloud and returned to France in 1779. His career ended in obscurity.