Thomas Grosvenor Military person

Field Marshal Thomas Grosvenor (30 May 1764 – 20 January 1851) was a British Army officer. After serving as a junior officer defending the Bank of England during the Gordon Riots he took part in the Flanders Campaign including the retreat into Germany during the French Revolutionary Wars. He served as a brigade commander at the Battle of Copenhagen and was then deployed to Walcheren in the Netherlands where he served as deputy commander of a division led by Sir Eyre Coote during the disastrous Walcheren Campaign.

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Thomas Grosvenor
Birth dateMay 30, 1764
Date of deathJanuary 20, 1851
Place of death
London , Richmond Hill London

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Military person

military operations
Napoleonic Wars
Gordon Riots
French Revolutionary Wars
military branch
British Army
military commandBrigade Commander at the Battle of Copenhagen
service start1779
service end1809

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