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Sir William Houston, 1st Baronet

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Sir William Houston, 1st Baronet

General in the British Army and Governor of Gibraltar (1766-1842)

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About Sir William Houston, 1st Baronet

General Sir William Houston, 1st Baronet, was a British Army officer and Governor of Gibraltar. Houston joined the army in 1781, and by the start of the French Revolutionary War was a captain. He fought in the Flanders campaign before being promoted to major in 1794. As a lieutenant-colonel he fought at the Capture of Minorca and at the sieges of Alexandria and Cairo. Promoted to colonel in 1802, Houston fought in the Walcheren Expedition of 1809 before being promoted to major-general.

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Governor of Gibraltar

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain

Born

August 10, 1766

Died

April 8, 1842

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