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See also:BART See also:SIR HARRY See also:CALVERT . (c . 1763-1826), See also:British See also:general,. was probably See also:born See also:early in 1763 at See also:Hampton, near See also:London . He was educated at See also:Harrow, and at the See also:age of fifteen entered the See also:army . In the following See also:year he served with his See also:regiment in See also:America, being See also:present at the See also:siege of See also:Charleston, and serving through the See also:campaign of- See also:Lord See also:Cornwallis which ended with the surrender of See also:Yorktown . From 1781 to 1783 he was a prisoner of See also:war . Returning to See also:England in 1784, he next saw active service in 1793–1794 in the See also:Low Countries, where he was aide-de-See also:camp to the See also:duke of See also:York, and in 1795 was engaged on a confidential See also:mission to See also:Brunswick and See also:Berlin . In 1799, having already served as See also:deputy See also:adjutant general, he was made adjutant general, holding the See also:post till 1818 . In this capacity he effected many improvements in the organization and discipline of the service . He greatly improved the See also:administration of the army medical and See also:hospital See also:department, introduced regimental See also:schools, See also:developed the two existing military colleges (since See also:united at See also:Sandhurst), and was largely responsible for the See also:founding of the Duke of York's school, See also:Chelsea . In recognition of his See also:work as adjutant general he was made a G . C.B .
(1815), and, on retiring from See also:office, received a baronetcy (1818)
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In 182o he was made See also:governor of Chelsea hospital
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He died on the 3rd of See also:September 1826, at See also:Middle Claydon, See also:Buckinghamshire
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CALVES' See also:HEAD See also:CLUB, a club established shortly after his See also:death in derision of the memory of See also: |
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