General Sir Harry Burrard, 1st Baronet was a British soldier and officer who fought in the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars and in the Peninsular War.
Harry Burrard inherited land in Saint Helier and enabled the construction of a road
Siege of San Sebastián
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The siege of San Sebastián took place between 7 July and 8 September 1813, during the Peninsular War. Allied British and Portuguese forces under the command of Thomas Graham captured the city by assau
Sir Harry Burrard, 1st Baronet, of Lymington
…or the navy. Two sons were killed in 1809, one of whom was acting as aide-de-camp to Sir John Moore at the Battle of Corunna. He lost a third at the siege of San Sebastián, which is said to have caused him to die of a broken heart. His wife survived him. He appears in Naomi Novik's fifth Temeraire novel, Victory of Eagles…
The Storming of San Sebastian by Denis Dighton
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An engraving of the siege of San Sebastián (1813)
Colin Campbell leading the 'forlorn hope' at the siege of San Sebastián, 1813. Painting by William Barnes Wollen