About Henry Vassall Webster
Lived 1793 – 1847 (aged 53–54). Henry Vassall Webster was a military personnel.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Vassall Webster KTS (February 1793 – 19 April 1847) was a British Army officer. He served as an aide-de-camp to the Prince of Orange during the Waterloo campaign, and it was in this capacity that he delivered a message to the Duke of Wellington at the Duchess of Richmond's ball informing the Duke that the French were advancing upon Brussels.
He was the second son of Sir Godfrey Webster, 4th Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Vassall (later Baroness Holland).
He joined the Army in 1810 and rose to lieutenant-colonel in 1831. In 1843, he was knighted.
His portrait was painted by Martin Archer Shee.
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Henry Vassall Webster was born in 1793.
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Henry Vassall Webster died on 19 April 1847.
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