Henry Clinton (Napoleonic Wars)

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton K.B. (1771–1829)

• His brother was Sir William Henry Clinton (1769–1846)
• His father war Sir Henry Clinton (1732–1795) a British General in the American War of Independence
• His grandfather was Admiral George Clinton (royal governor) (1686–1761)

• 1810 Promoted major-general,
• 1811 he returned to the Peninsula to fill a divisional command under Duke of Wellington.
• 1812 During the Battle of Salamanca, his division played a notable part in the capture of the forts.
• 1813 given the local rank of lieutenant general.

For his conduct at Vitoria he was made a K.B., and he took his part in the subsequent victories of the Nive, Orthes and Toulouse. At the end of the Peninsula War he was made a lieutenant general and inspector-general of infantry.

• 1815 During the Battle of Waterloo he commanded the troops that threw back Napoleon's Imperial Guard at the end of the battle.
• 1829 December 11 he died.

External links

• http://59.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CL/CLINTON_SIR_HENRY.htm