British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
Clinton, William Henry
By: Ron McGuigan
Clinton, William Henry (23
December 1769 - 15
February 1846)
Eldest son of General Sir Henry Clinton. Older brother
of Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton.
Cornet 7th Light Dragoons 1785,
Lieutenant 7th Light Dragoons 1787, Captain 45th Foot 1790, Lieutenant
& Captain 1st Foot Guards 1790, Captain & Lieutenant Colonel
1st Foot Guards 1794, Regimental Major 1st Foot Guards 1812, Brevet
Colonel 1801, Brigadier General on the Staff 1804-1808, Major General
1808, Lieutenant General Sicily 1812, Lieutenant General 1813, General
1830.
Early service: Flanders 1793-1795,
Aide-de-Camp Home Staff 1796-1798, Ireland
1798, Aide-de-Camp Helder 1799, Inspector-General of Foreign Corps
1800, Acting as Deputy Quartermaster-General Ireland
1800, Brigadier on Madeira 1801-1802. Inspector-General
of Foreign Corps 1802. Military Secretary to the Duke of York
1803-1804. Quartermaster-General in Ireland
1804-1811.
Peninsular War: Declined service in the Peninsula
1811. Commanded a division on the East Coast of Spain 1812-1813 and
then commanded the force on the East Coast of Spain 1813-1814. Offered
command of a force ordered to join the Peninsular Army from the breakup
of the force on the East Coast of Spain 1814, however war ended before
he joined.
Other service: On staff Sicily
1812. Commanded Expeditionary Force Portugal
1826-1828. Lieutenant General of the Ordnance 1825-1829.
MP 1794-1796, 1806-1829. GCB 1815. Colonel of 55th
Foot 1814-1846.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2006
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