British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
Burrard, Harry
By: Ron McGuigan
Burrard, Harry (1 June 1755 - 17 October 1813)
Gentleman Cadet Royal Military Academy Woolwich 1768, 2nd Lieutenant
Royal Artillery 1772, Lieutenant 60th Foot 1776, Captain-Lieutenant
60th Foot 1777, Captain 60th Foot 1779, Major 14th Foot 1786, Captain-Lieutenant
& Lieutenant Colonel 1st Foot Guards 1789, Captain & Lieutenant
Colonel 1st Foot Guards 1792, Regimental Major 1st Foot Guards 1798,
Regimental Lieutenant Colonel 1st Foot Guards 1804, Brevet Colonel 1795,
Major General 1798, Lieutenant General 1805.
Early service: North America 1778-1780 and 1781-1782, Flanders 1794-1795,
second-in-command and taken prisoner in raid on Ostend-Bruges canal
1798, commanded brigade Helder 1799, on Home Staff 1798-1807. Second-in-command
at Copenhagen 1807.
Portugal & Spain: Second-in-command Portugal 1808 and then Commander-in-Chief
Portugal 1808. Recalled to face Convention of Cintra Inquiry 1808.
Other Service: On Home Staff 1809-1813.
Aide-de-Camp to the King 1795. MP 1780-1788, 1790-1791, 1802-1802.
Created a Baronet 1807.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: October 2006
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