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Clinton (SIR HENRY a British general)

SIR HENRY, a British general, born about 1738; served in the Hanoverian war, and was sent in 1775, with the rank of major-general, to America, where he distinguished himself in the Battle of Bunker Hill. He defeated the Americans at Long Island, but had to evacuate Philadelphia to Washington.

In 1782 he returned to England. He died in Gibraltar, Dec. 23, 1795.