Richard England

Lieutenant-General Richard G. England ( – 7 November 1812) was a British Army officer who served as the lieutenant governor of Plymouth from 1803 to 1812.

Life

Richard G. England was born in Ennis, a town in County Clare. England was commissioned into the British Army's 47th Regiment of Foot at the rank of ensign on 20 November 1765.

During the American War of Independence, England fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775, the Battle of Quebec in December 1775 and the Battles of Saratoga in Autumn 1777, where he was taken prisoner by American forces. He went on to be lieutenant-governor of Plymouth and general officer commanding of the Western District in August 1803. He was also colonel of the 5th Regiment of Foot.