CLINTON, SIR HENRY (c. 1738-1795), British general, was the son of Admiral George Clinton (governor of Newfound land and subsequently of New York), and grandson of the 6th earl of Lincoln. After serving in the New York militia, he came to England and joined the Coldstream Guards. In 1758 he be came captain and lieutenant-colonel in the Grenadier Guards, and in 1760-62 served as aide-de-camp to Ferdinand of Brunswick in the Seven Years' War. He became major-general in 1772. From 1772 to 1784, thanks to the influence of his cousin, the 2nd duke of Newcastle, he had a seat in parliament, first for Boroughbridge and subsequently for Newark, but for the greater part of this time he was on active service in America in the War of Inde pendence. He took part in the battles of Bunker Hill and Long Island, subsequently taking possession of New York. For his share in the battle of Long Island he was made a lieutenant-general and K.B. After Saratoga he succeeded Sir William Howe as com mander-in-chief in North America. He had already been made a local general. He at once concentrated the British forces at New York, pursuing a policy of foraying expeditions in place of regu lar campaigns. In 1779 he invaded South Carolina, and in 1 780 in conjunction with Admiral M. Arbuthnot captured Charleston. There was constant friction between him and Lord Cornwallis, his second in command, and in 1782, after the capitulation of Corn wallis at Yorktown, he was superseded by Sir Guy Carleton. Re turning to England, he published in 1783 his Narrative of the Campaign of 1781 in North America, which provoked an acri monious reply from Lord Cornwallis. He was elected M.P. for Launceston in 1790, and in 1794 was made governor of Gibraltar, where he died on Dec. 23, His younger son, SIR HENRY CLINTON (1771-1829), entered the army in 1787 and saw some service with the Prussians in Hol land in 1789. He was almost continuously in active service; in the Corunna campaign of 1808-9, he was adjutant-general to his close friend, Sir John Moore. Promoted major-general in 1810, he returned to the Peninsula to fill a divisional command under Wellington in 1811. His division played a notable part in the cap ture of the forts at Salamanca and in the battle of Salamanca (1812), and he was given the local rank of lieutenant-general early in 1813. For his conduct at Vittoria he was made a K.B., and he took his part in the subsequent victories of the Nive, Orthes and Toulouse. At the end of the war he was made a lieutenant-general and inspector-general of infantry. Clinton commanded a division with distinction at Waterloo. He died on Dec. i 1, 1829.