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Henry Clinton

1730 - 1795

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General Sir Henry Clinton, KB (16 April 1730 – 23 December 1795) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain between 1772 and 1795. He is best known for his service as a general during the American War of Independence. He arrived in Boston in May 1775 and was the British Commander-in-Chief in America from 1778 to 1782. He was a Member of Parliament for many years due to the influence of his cousin Henry Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Clinton is the 316th most popular military personnel (up from 1,459th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Canada (up from 204th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Henry Clinton ranks 316 out of 2,058. Before him are Orda Khan, Roman Shukhevych, Nicolas Oudinot, Rochus Misch, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, and Vasily Blyukher. After him are Zhang Liao, Alexander Löhr, Roger de Flor, Ivan Paskevich, François Christophe de Kellermann, and Polyperchon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1730, Henry Clinton ranks 3. Before him are Alexander Suvorov, and Charles Messier. After him are Johann Georg Hamann, Étienne Bézout, Jan Ingenhousz, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, Pieter Boddaert, Josiah Wedgwood, Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, and Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1795, Henry Clinton ranks 6. Before him are Louis XVII of France, Alessandro Cagliostro, François-André Danican Philidor, Sayat-Nova, and Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach. After him are Ahilyabai Holkar, Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, Georg Benda, Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, Carl Michael Bellman, and Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Henry Clinton ranks 43 out of 1,622. Before him are Henry Taube (1915), Paul Anka (1941), William Shatner (1931), William Vickrey (1914), James Naismith (1861), and Jim Peebles (1935). After him are John Sparrow David Thompson (1845), Arthur B. McDonald (1943), Robert Mundell (1932), Maye Musk (1948), Pamela Anderson (1967), and Charles Tupper (1821).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Canada

Among military personnels born in Canada, Henry Clinton ranks 1. After him are George Lawrence Price (1892), Harry Crerar (1888), Francis Pegahmagabow (1891), and Billy Bishop (1894).

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