About Henry Dive Townshend
Lived 1795 – 1882 (aged 86). Henry Dive Townshend was a British military officer.
General Henry Dive Townshend (6 October 1795 – 22 September 1882) was a British Army officer.
He was the son of John Stanislaus Townshend of Trevallyn Hall, near Rossett, Wrexham and entered the British Army by purchase in 1812 as an ensign in the 41st Foot. He took part in the American War of 1812, being present at the capture of Fort Niagara, Blackrock and Buffalo. He was also at the Battle of Lundy's Lane and the Siege of Fort Erie, where he was badly wounded.
He returned with the regiment to Europe, transferred to the 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot and was promoted Captain in 1821 and Major in 1835. During the Canadian rebellion of 1837 he commanded troops, with the local rank of Colonel, in both the Upper and Lower Provinces. He was made Lieutenant-colonel in 1841, Colonel in 1851, Major-general in 1857 and Lieutenant-general in 1864.
He died unmarried at his home in Rossett in 1882.
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British Army officer (1795-1882)
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Henry Dive Townshend was born on 6 October 1795.
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Henry Dive Townshend died on 22 September 1882.
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