Sir Charles Green, 1st Baronet

General Sir Charles Green, 1st Baronet (18 December 1749 – 12 July 1831) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Northern District.

Sir Charles Green, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Green, 1st Baronet
Born18 December 1749
Gibraltar
Died12 July 1831 (1831-07-13) (aged 81)
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankGeneral
Commands held30th Regiment of Foot
Northern District
London District
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War

Military career

Green was the son of Captain Christopher Green and was commissioned as an ensign in the 31st Regiment of Foot in 1765.[1] He was injured and taken prisoner at the First Battle of Saratoga in September 1777 during the American Revolutionary War.[1]

He became commanding officer of the 30th Regiment of Foot in February 1794 and was deployed to Corsica.[1] He went on to be Civil Governor of Grenada in 1796 and then temporary commander of the British troops in the Leeward Islands in 1804.[1] He commanded a force which captured the colony of Suriname later that year.[2]

He became commander of the British troops in Malta 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.[1] 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.[3]

He had been knighted in 1803[4] and created a baronet in 1805.[5][1] He died in 1831.[1]

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Sir David Dundas
GOC Northern District
1812–1814
Succeeded by
William Wynyard
Preceded by
Sir Charles Ross, Bt
Colonel of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
1814–1831
Succeeded by
Hon. Sir Alexander Duff
Preceded by
Henry Bowyer
Colonel of the 16th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment
1808–1814
Succeeded by
Sir George Prevost, Bt
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Milnrow)
18051806
Succeeded by
Extinct
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