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Sir Henry Clinton (ca. 1738-1795) was commander-in-chief of the British armies during the crucial years of the American Revolution. Henry Clinton was the only son of George Clinton, governor of colonial New York. He entered the military, serving first in the New York militia and then in 1751 as a regular army lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards.
6 de mar. de 2019 · Written between 29 September and 27 October 1792, and addressed to George, Prince of Wales, they contain an analysis of Allied military prospects. What makes them interesting is the identity of the author, Sir Henry Clinton. Clinton is best known as Commander-in-Chief of British military forces in America from 1778 to 1782.
Clinton, Henry. CLINTON, HENRY. (1730–1795). British commander in chief, 1778–1782. Clinton was born on 16 April 1730 to a naval officer who was related by marriage to the first duke of Newcastle. In 1741 Newcastle obtained for Clinton's father promotion to admiral and the governorship of New York, where the family lived from 1743.
After helping to break the Siege of Boston, Clinton was sent south in 1776 to lead an ill-fated invasion of North Carolina and then Charleston. However, he bounced back with battle successes on Long Island and in New York City. Getting passed over for command of a campaign against the New York State capital turned into a good thing for him.
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 was born on April 16, 1730, in Newfoundland, Canada. The son of George Clinton, a naval officer who served as royal governor of Newfoundland, Henry Clinton went to London in 1749 and was commissioned in the British army in 1751. After serving in Europe in the Seven Years’ War, he went to North America in 1775 as second in ...
26 de ago. de 2023 · Clinton's Philipsburg Proclamation, as published in the "Royal Gazette," July 4, 1779. Known as the Philipsburg Proclamation, it read: By His Excellency Sir Henry Clinton, K. B. General and Commander in Chief of all this Majesty’s Forces, within the Colonies laying on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova Scotia to West-Florida, inclusive, &c., &c., &c.
