See also:SIR See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY See also:CLINTON (c. 1738-1795)
, See also:British See also:general, was the son of See also:admiral See also:George See also:Clinton (See also:governor of See also:Newfoundland and subsequently of New See also:York), and See also:grandson of the 6th See also:earl of See also:Lincoln
.
After serving in the New York See also:militia, he came to See also:England and joined the See also:Coldstream See also:Guards
.
In 1758 he became See also:captain and See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel in the See also:Grenadier Guards, and in 176o-62 distinguished himself very greatly as an aide-de-See also:camp to See also:Ferdinand of See also:Brunswick in the Seven Years' See also:War
.
He was promoted colonel in 1762, and after the See also:peace received the colonelcy of a See also:regiment of See also:foot, becoming See also:major-general in 1772
.
From 1772 to 1784, thanks to the See also:influence of his See also:cousin, the 2nd See also:duke of See also:Newcastle, he had a seat in See also:parliament, first for See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
Borough-See also:bridge and subsequently for See also:Newark, but for the greater See also:part of this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he was on active service in See also:America in the War of See also:Independence
.
He took part in the battles of Bunker See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill and See also:Long See also:Island, subsequently taking See also:possession of New York
.
For his See also:share in the See also:battle of Long Island he was made a lieutenant-general and K.B
.
After See also:Saratoga he succeeded See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Howe as See also:commander-in-See also:chief in See also:North America
.
He had already been made a See also:local general
.
He at once concentrated the British forces at New York, pursuing a policy of foraying expeditions in See also:place of See also:regular See also:campaigns
.
In 1779 he invaded See also:South Carolina, and in 178o in See also:conjunction with Admiral M
.
See also:Arbuthnot won an important success in the See also:capture of See also:Charleston
.
See also:Friction, however, was See also:constant between him and See also:Lord See also:Cornwallis, his second in command, and in 1782, after the See also:capitulation of Cornwallis at See also:Yorktown, he was superseded by Sir See also:Guy See also:Carleton
.
Returning to England, he published in 1783 his Narrative of the See also:Campaign of 1781 in North America, which provoked an acrimonious reply from Lord Cornwallis
.
He was elected M.P. for See also:Launceston in 1790, and in 1794 was made governor of See also:Gibraltar, where he died on the 23rd of See also:December 1795
.
His See also:elder son, Sir WILLIAM See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY CLINTON (1769-1846), entered the British See also:army in 1784, and served in the campaigns of 1793-94 in the See also:Low Countries
.
In 1746 he became aide-de-camp to the duke of York, and in 1799 he was entrusted with a See also:mission to the See also:Russian army in See also:Italy, returning to the duke in time for the Dutch expedition of 1799
.
He was promoted colonel in 18oi, and took part in the expedition which took possession of See also:Madeira, which he governed up to 1802
.
His next important service was in 1807, when he went to See also:Sweden on a military mission
.
Promoted major-general in ,8o8, he served from 1812 to 1814 in the
Mediterranean and in See also:Catalonia, and in the latter See also:year he commanded against See also:Marshal See also:Suchet
.
He had become a lieutenant-general in 1813, and in 1815 he was made a G.C.B
.
He commanded the British troops in See also:Portugal, 1826-28,and was promoted full general in 1830
.
He died at Cockenhatch, near See also:Royston, Herts, on the 15th of See also:February 1846
.
The younger son, Sir HENRY CLINTON (1771-1829), entered the army in 1787 and saw some service with the Prussians in See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland in 1789
.
He served on the See also:staff of the duke of York in 1793-94, becoming See also:brevet-major in 1794, and lieutenant-colonel of a See also:line regiment in 1796
.
In 1797-98 he was aide-de-camp to Lord Cornwallis in the Irish See also:rebellion, and in 1799 he was sent with Lord William See also:Bentinck to the Russian headquarters in Italy, being See also:present at the Trebbia, at Novi, and in the fighting about the St Gotthard
.
During a See also:short See also:period of service in See also:India Clinton distinguished himself at See also:Laswari
.
He accompanied the Russian headquarters in the See also:Austerlitz campaign, and was See also:adjutant-general to his intimate friend, Sir See also:John See also:Moore, in the See also:Corunna campaign of 1808-9
.
Promoted major-general in 181o, he returned to the See also:Peninsula to fill a divisional command under See also:Wellington in 1811
.
His See also:division played a notable part in the capture of the forts at See also:Salamanca and in the battle of Salamanca (1812), and he was given the local See also:rank of lieutenant-general See also:early in 1813
.
For his conduct at See also:Vitoria he was made a K.B., and he took his part in the subsequent victories of the Nive, Orthes and See also:Toulouse
.
At the end of the war he was made a lieutenant-general and inspector-general of See also:infantry
.
Clinton commanded a division with distinction at See also:Waterloo
.
He died on the Ilth of December 1829
.
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