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Sir Henry Frederick Bouverie (11 July 1783 – 14 November 1852) was a

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officer.

Military career

He was the son of Edward Bouverie MP, of

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, Hardingstone in

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, and his wife, Harriet Fawkener, the only daughter and sole heiress of Sir

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; and nephew of the 1st Earl of Radnor. Bouverie was educated at

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and commissioned a

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in the 2nd Dragoon Guards in 1799, transferring to the

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as an

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a few months later. He spent the rest of his regimental career in the Coldstreams. For his services during the

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, he received the

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, with one clasp, for the battles of

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, Vitoria, San Sebastian, the Nive, and

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. He became General Officer Commanding Northern Command in 1828 and

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in 1836. A stained east window was erected to the General on 9 February 1869 at St Edmunds Church, Hardingstone by the tenants and other inhabitants of the parish.

References

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