Sir Charles Green, 1st Baronet

Sir Charles Green, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Green, 1st Baronet
Born	18 December 1749 Gibraltar
Died	12 July 1831 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Commands held	30th Regiment of Foot Northern District London District
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War

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

Military career

Green was commissioned as an ensign in the 31st Regiment of Foot in 1765.^[1] He was injured 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, General Officer Commanding Northern District in March 1812 and General Officer Commanding London District in November 1813.^[1]

References

1. Urban, Sylvanus (1831). "Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 101, Part 2". J. B. Nichols & Son.
2. Baines, Edward (1819). "History of the wars of the French revolution, from the breaking out of the war, in 1792, to the restoration of a general peace, in 1815 : comprehending the civil history of Great Britain and France, during that period". McCarty & Davis.