Lieutenant-General Henry Keane Bloomfield ( - 11 February 1870) was an English soldier and whilst serving in New South Wales an Australian politician. He was a soldier, being first commissioned as an ensign in 1813 with the

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. He served at the

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in 1815 and received the

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, and in 1817 was promoted to

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. In 1823 he transferred to the

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. He was further promoted to

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in 1824,

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in 1838 and

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in 1845. He became a brevet

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in 1858. In 1856, while in command of the army in

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, he was appointed to the

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, but he left the colony with his regiment in 1857. In 1867 he was given the colonelcy for life of the

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and in 1868 made lieutenant-general. Bloomfield died at 108 Jermyn Street, Piccadilly, London on 11 February 1870.England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

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1790s births 1870 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council British Army lieutenant generals British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars 19th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub