Philippe Hubert, Chevalier de Preudhomme de Borre (Liège, 17 September 1717 – Brussels, 30 May 1789) 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 undistinguished. He resigned under a cloud and returned to France in 1779. His career ended in obscurity.