Henry Clinton (Napoleonic Wars)

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Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton, GCB (1771–1829)

His brother was Sir William Henry Clinton (1769–1846)
His father war Sir Henry Clinton (1732–1795) a British General in the American War of Independence
His grandfather was Admiral George Clinton (royal governor) (1686–1761)

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 KCB, 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.

1815 During the Battle of Waterloo he commanded the troops that threw back Napoleon's Imperial Guard at the end of the battle.
1829 December 11 he died.