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Born: 04/16/1730 in Newfoundland, Great Britain: Died: 12/23/1795 in Portland Place, Great Britain: Biography: Overview General Sir Henry Clinton KB (April 16, 1730 – December 23, 1795) was a British army officer and politician who is best known for his service as a general during the American Revolutionary War, during most of which he was the British Commander-in-Chief in North America.
27 de abr. de 2021 · SUBSCRIBE! “My fate is hard,” Sir Henry Clinton remarked after learning that he had been named commander of the British army in May 1778, adding that he expected to someday bear “a considerable portion of the blame” for Britain’s “inevitable” lack of success. [1] There were good reasons for Clinton’s pessimism.
Henry Clinton. Henry Clinton may refer to: Henry Clinton, 2nd Earl of Lincoln (1539–1616), English peer, styled Lord Clinton from 1572 to 1585. Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln (1684–1728), uncle of Sir Henry Clinton (1730–1795) Sir Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1730) (General, 1730–1795), general during the American War ...
Summary Creator: Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795 Abstract: The Henry Clinton papers contain the correspondence, records, and maps of Henry Clinton, who served under Thomas Gage and William Howe between 1775 and 1778, and was commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America from 1778 to 1782.
Henry Clinton sent the 63rd Foot around the lake to attack the fort from the northwest, while he first sent the light companies of the 7th and 26th Regiments and a company of Anspach grenadiers against the main works, followed by the 26th Foot and a detachment from the 17th Light Dragoons, and then the remaining British and German companies.
Henry Clinton was a British army officer and politician who served as the Commander-in-Chief of the British forces during the American Revolutionary War from 1778 to 1782. He led British campaigns in the Southern colonies, including the capture of Charleston in 1780, one of the biggest successes for the British during the war.
The Henry Clinton Papers arrived in the United States in the mid-1920s and a decade and a half later they were opened for research at the William L. Clements Library, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The Revolutionary War was not fought by proclamations and battles alone. A major component of the war was the challenge of organizing ...
