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Sir Charles Green, 1st Baronet (18 December 1749 – 12 July 1831) was a

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officer who became General Officer Commanding Northern District.

Military career

Green was the son of Captain Christopher Green and was commissioned as an

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in the

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in 1765. He was injured and taken prisoner at the First Battle of Saratoga in September 1777 during the

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. He became commanding officer of the 30th Regiment of Foot in February 1794 and was deployed to

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. He went on to be Civil Governor of Grenada in 1796 and then temporary commander of the British troops in the

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in 1804. He commanded a force which captured the colony of

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later that year. He became commander of the British troops in

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in 1807, colonel of the 16th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot in 1808, General Officer Commanding Northern District in March 1812 and General Officer Commanding London District in November 1813. In 1814 he transferred as Colonel to the 37th or North Hampshire Regiment of Foot and was promoted to full General on 12 August 1819. He had been

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in 1803 and created a

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in 1805. He died in 1831.

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