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Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1771)

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


  • 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.