CALVERT, SIR HARRY, British general, was born in 1763 at Hampton, near London. He was educated at Harrow, and in 1778 entered the army. In the follow ing year he served with his regiment in America, being present at the siege of Charleston, and from 1781 to 1783 was a prisoner of war. He next saw active service in 1793-94 in the Low Coun tries, where he was aide-de-camp to the duke of York. In 1799, he was made adjutant-general, holding the post till 1818, and did much to improve the administration of the army medical and hospital department ; he introduced regimental schools, developed the two existing military colleges and helped to found the duke of York's school, Chelsea. He was made a G.C.B. (1815), and, on retiring from office, received a baronetcy (1818). In 1820 he was made governor of Chelsea hospital. He died on Sept. 3, 1826, at Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire.
The Journals and correspondence of General Sir Harry Calvert . . . comprising the Campaigns in Flanders in were edited by his son, Sir Harry Verney (1853).