Sir Henry Thomas Godwin | |
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Born | 1784 |
Died | 26 October 1853 Simla |
Allegiance | United Kingdom British India |
Service | British Army Bombay Army |
Rank | Major General |
Battles / wars | |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Relations | Robert Godwin-Austen, son-in-law Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, grandson General Sir Alfred Godwin-Austen, great-grandson |
Sir Henry Thomas Godwin KCB (1784–1853) was a British officer. He fought in the British Army in the Peninsular War and in the First Anglo-Burmese War before joining the Bengal Army, in which he served as commander in chief of British and Indian forces in the Second Anglo-Burmese War of 1852 and 1853.