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Sir Henry Clinton, GCB , GCH (1771–1829) was a Lieutenant General in the British army during the Napoleonic Wars . He came from a family of soldiers - his brother was Sir William Henry Clinton (1769–1846), his father war Sir Henry Clinton (1738–1795) a British General in the American Revolutionary War and his grandfather was Admiral George Clinton (1686–1761). In 1810 was Promoted to major-general. 1811 he returned to the Iberian Peninsula to fill a divisional command under the Duke Of Wellington . In 1812 during the Battle Of Salamanca , his division played a notable part in the capture of the forts. He was given the local rank of lieutenant general in 1813 . For his conduct at Vitoria he was made an Order Of The Bath , and he took his part in the subsequent victories of the Nive , Orthes and Toulouse . At the end of the Peninsular War he was made a lieutenant general and inspector-general of infantry. In 1815 during the Battle Of Waterloo he commanded the troops that threw back Napoleon's Imperial Guard at the end of the battle. He died December 11, 1829 . EXTERNAL LINKS
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