Sir Harry Burrard, 1st Baronet, of Lymington

Harry Burrard inherited land in Saint Helier and enabled the construction of a road

Sir Harry Burrard, 1st Baronet (1 June 1755 – 17 October 1813) was a British General during the Peninsular War.

After Woolwich Burrard joined the Royal Artillery, the 60th Foot and the 1st Foot Guards, seeing combat in the American Revolution and the Revolutionary Wars. He was captured during a raid on the Bruges canal in 1798. He led the 2nd Brigade during the 1799 Anglo-Russian campaign in Holland, fighting at the battles of Bergen, Egmont and Castricum. In 1807, he commanded the 1st Division at the siege of Copenhagen.

Sir Harry Burrard had long since passed his prime when he took over the British army in Portugal from Sir Arthur Wellesley in 1808. Wellesley was one of the most junior Lieutenant-Generals in the British army, so for reasons of protocol, a more senior officer had to be placed above him.

Burrard stopped Wellesley's pursuit of General Jean-Andoche Junot after Vimeiro. It was his only real order during his one day in command of the army. He was replaced the next day by an equally cautious Sir Hew Dalrymple who began negotiations with Junot which led to the infamous Convention of Cintra. Recalled to London for an inquiry into the treaty, Burrard was placed in retirement from active duty.

Miscellaneous

• He was nicknamed Betty by his troops.^{[citation needed]}
• The Burrard Inlet was named after his cousin, also named Sir Harry Burrard (1765–1840), by George Vancouver in June 1792.
• One of Burrard's sons was killed at the Battle of Corunna and another died in the breach at the Siege of San Sebastian.
• He appears in Naomi Novik's fifth Temeraire novel, Victory of Eagles.

See also

• Burrard (disambiguation)

References

• Glover, Michael. The Peninsular War 1807-1814. Penguin, 1974.
• Smith, Digby. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill, 1998.
• British Columbia First Nations
• Napoleonic Guide
• memory.loc.gov
• ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca
• thepeerage.com

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Edward Morant Henry Goodricke	Member of Parliament for Lymington 1780–1788 With: Thomas Dummer 1780–1781 Edward Gibbon 1781–1784 Robert Colt 1784–1788	Succeeded by Robert Colt George Rose
Preceded by Robert Colt George Rose	Member of Parliament for Lymington 1790–1791 With: Sir Harry Burrard-Neale	Succeeded by Sir Harry Burrard-Neale Nathaniel Brassey Halhead
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Harry Burrard-Neale William Manning	Member of Parliament for Lymington 1802–1802 With: William Manning	Succeeded by William Manning John Kingston
Military offices
Preceded by Sir Harry Burrard	Governor of Calshot Castle 1787–1813	Succeeded by The Earl of Cavan
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New title	Baronet (of Lymington) 1807–1813	Succeeded by Charles Burrard