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Entry TypePerson
SurnameGladwin
ForenamesHenry
Pre TitleMajor-General
PlaceWingerworth
EpithetBritish army officer
Datesc1729-1791
Gender IdentityMale
BiographyHenry was the eldest son of Henry Gladwin (1692-1763) of Stubbing Court, Wingerworth, and his second wife, Mary Digby Dakeyne. In 1762, he married Frances Beridge (1741-1817) which whom he had ten surviving children. He served in the British army in North America, and was the British commander at the Siege of Fort Detroit during Pontiac's War of 1763-1766. He died at Stubbing Court in 1791.
Authorised Form of NameGladwin; Major-General; Henry (c1729-1791); British army officer

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