Denis Pack

Sir Denis Pack
Sir Denis Pack
Born	1772
Died	1823
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	Western District
Battles/wars	Napoleonic Wars

Major-General Sir Denis Pack (c.1772–1823) was a British Officer during the Napoleonic Wars.

Background

A descendant of Sir Christopher Packe, Pack was the son of the Very Reverend Thomas Pack, Dean of Ossory in the east of Ireland. His mother was Catherine, daughter and heiress of Denis Sullivan of Berehaven, Ireland.^[1]

Military career

He saw service in Flanders in 1794, was on the Quiberon expedition of 1795, and in Ireland of the suppression of the 1798 rebellion.^[2]

He commanded the 71st Foot during the capture of the Cape of Good Hope in 1806, was in the Peninsular in 1808, and the Walcheren expedition in 1809.

During the Peninsular War he was present at the battles of Roliça, Vimiero, A Coruña, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthez and Toulouse. His Peninsular Gold Medal had seven clasps.^[3]

Pack was promoted to major-general in 1813 and commanded (1810–14) the Oporto Brigade of the Portuguese Army in Spain. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1815 and commanded the 9th Brigade of Sir Thomas Picton's 5th Division at the Battle of Waterloo.^[2] He became Lieutenant-Governor of Plymouth and General Officer Commanding Western District in 1819.^[4]

Notes

References

• Dalton, Charles (1904). The Waterloo roll call. With biographical notes and anecdotes. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1903). "Pack, Denis". Dictionary of National Biography. Index and Epitome. Cambridge University Press. p. 981. 

Further reading

•  Chichester, Henry Manners (1895). "Pack, Denis". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 43. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 25–26.  — a far more detailed biography