British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
Campbell, Henry Frederick
By: Ron McGuigan
Campbell, Henry Frederick (10 July 1769 -
3 September 1856)
Son of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Campbell.
Ensign 1st Foot Guards 1786, Lieutenant & Captain
1st Foot Guards 1793, Captain-Lieutenant & Lieutenant Colonel 1st
Foot Guards 1796, Captain & Lieutenant Colonel 1st Foot Guards 1796,
Regimental Major 1st Foot Guards 1813, Brevet Colonel 1803, Brigadier
General on the Staff 1808-1810, Major General 1810, Lieutenant General
1814, General 1837.
Early service: Flanders 1793-1795, Helder 1799, Sicily
1806.
Portugal & Spain: Commanded Guards Brigade Portugal
1809.
Peninsular War: Commanded Guards Brigade April -
June 1809 and Guards Brigade 1st Division June - July 1809, June - July
1811 and August 1811 - July 1812 and temporarily commanded the 1st
Division July - August 1811 and July - October 1812. Wounded Talavera
July 1809. Wounded Salamanca July 1812.
Other service: On Home Staff 1810.
ADC to the King 1803. MP 1796-1802, 1806-1807. KCB
1815. GCH 1818. Colonel of 88th Foot 1824-1831, 25th Foot 1831-1856.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: May 2006
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