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Harry Calvert

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On Calvert's return to Britain he was appointed Deputy Quartermaster General at the Horseguards, then Deputy Adjutant General 1796. He was made Colonel of the 5th West India Regt and Adjutant General 26 Jan 1797. At this time "Calvert was a rising star, already Deputy Adjutant General, and engaged to
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17/18 May, he narrowly escaped capture with York and was forced to swim the Espierre's brook with him. He again saw action at Tournai (Pont-à-Chin) 22nd, the retreat to Antwerp, June–July, and in the Defence of Holland. In 1795 he was engaged on a confidential mission to
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was known to have heavy financial obligations to the firm. But Calvert had more than good looks and influence; he stood firmly for the (staff) college". In 1799, having already served as deputy Adjutant-General, he was made
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a niece of Mr. Greenwood, a partner in Cox, Greenwood, Cox & Co., the army agents. Malicious gossip had it that this connexion was likely to do more for him than any show of martial brilliance, for the
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Returning to England in 1784, he was promoted Captain 1785, then next saw active service in 1793 in the
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25 Aug-10 September, and the relief of Menin on the 15th. Detached to the Austrian staff of
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15/16 Oct. Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, he remained on York's staff 1794 and saw action at
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remains a vital source of information on the Flanders Campaign of 1793–95.
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American Revolutionary War prisoners of war held by the United States
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Military personnel from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
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Monument to Sir Harry Calvert in All Saints Church, Middle Claydon
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British prisoners of war in the American Revolutionary War
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British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War
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Journals and Correspondence of General Sir Harry Calvert
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Harry Calvert at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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in 1818. In 1820 he was made Lieutenant-Governor of the
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British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars
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United Kingdom

British Army
Lieutenant-General
American Revolutionary War
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Royal Guelphic Order

Lieutenant General
GCB
GCH
Hampton
London
Harrow
commissioned
23rd Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers)
American Revolutionary War
Charleston
Cornwallis
Yorktown
prisoner of war
Campaign in the Low Countries
Duke of York
Siege of Dunkirk
Coburg
Battle of Wattignies
Beaumont
Battle of Tourcoing
Brunswick
Berlin

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