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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.
1 de jul. de 2019 · Henry Clinton föddes troligen 1730 av amiral George Clinton (1686–1761), vid den tiden guvernören i Newfoundland och Labrador, och hans hustru Ann Carle (1696–1767). Referenser är tillgängliga efter hans födelsedatum som 1730 eller 1738; Engelska peerage-register anger datumet den 16 april 1730, men listar hans födelseort som Newfoundland och George Clinton anlände inte förrän 1731.
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.
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 ...
Sir Henry Clinton Yale University Press , 1954 - United States - 658 pages Original ms., in the Clements Library of the University of Michigan, has title: An historical detail of seven years campaigns in North America, from 1775-1782.
Sir Henry Clinton was the younger son of General Sir Henry Clinton (1730-1795). He joined the British Army in 1787 and took part in the Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to command the Sixth Division in Spain in 1811.
1 de jul. de 2019 · Fatti veloci: Henry Clinton. Noto per : comandante delle forze britanniche nordamericane durante la guerra d'indipendenza americana. Nato : intorno al 1730 a Terranova, Canada o Stourton Parva, Inghilterra. Genitori : ammiraglio George Clinton (1686–1761) e Ann Carle (1696–1767). Morto : 23 dicembre 1795 a Gibilterra.
