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|name=Sir Henry George Grey |birth_date=25 October 1766 |death_date={{death-date and age|11 January 1845|25 October 1766}} |birth_place=Northumberland |death_place= |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |serviceyears= |rank=Lieutenant General |branch={{army|United Kingdom}} |commands= |unit= |battles= |awards= Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order |laterwork= }} Lieutenant-General Sir Henry George Grey GCH, GCB (25 October 1766 – 11 January 1845) was a British Army officer who served as acting Governor of Cape Colony. Military careerBorn the son of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, Grey served in the 18th Light Dragoons.[1] He was promoted to major in that regiment on 1 September 1795, having transferred to the 17th Light Dragoons, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 21 April 1794.[1] He served as acting Governor of Cape Colony in 1807 and again in 1811.[2] He was also colonel in the 13th Light Dragoons.[1] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Britain/Cavalry/Regiments/c_18thHussars.html|title=18th Hussars|publisher=Napoleon Series|accessdate=23 December 2015}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef | before=Francis Craig}}{{s-ttl | title=Colonel of the 13th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons | years=1811–1845}}{{s-aft | after=Hon. Edward Pyndar Lygon}}{{s-end}}{{British Governors of the Cape Colony}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Grey, Henry George}}2. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TQJResuuEBYC&pg=PA422&lpg=PA422&dq=General+%22Henry+George+Grey%22&source=bl&ots=9v6kaCma2d&sig=jCG3bwHl4OdWP2yLtI0ttKzYn5k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOoLHPifPJAhUHXhQKHYmCAmUQ6AEIPzAH#v=onepage&q=General%20%22Henry%20George%20Grey%22&f=false|title=Our Empire Story|first= H. E. |last=Marshall|publisher=Yesterday's Classics|year=2006|isbn=978-1599150871|page=422}} 8 : British Army generals|1766 births|1845 deaths|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order|13th Hussars officers|18th Royal Hussars officers|17th Lancers officers |
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