Norcliffe Norcliffe

Norcliffe Norcliffe
Portrait by Henry Wyndham Phillips, c. 1845
Birth name	Norcliffe Dalton
Born	(1791-09-24)24 September 1791
Died	8 February 1862(1862-02-08) (aged 70) London, England
Buried	Kensal Green Cemetery
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1807–1862
Rank	Major-general
Unit	4th Dragoons 17th Lancers 18th Hussars
Battles / wars	Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War Battle of Talavera Battle of Busaco Battle of Albuera Battle of Usagre Battle of Salamanca (WIA)
Awards	Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order Military General Service Medal
Spouse(s)	Decima Hester Beatrix Foulis ​ ​ (m. 1824; died 1828)​

Major-General Norcliffe Norcliffe KH (24 September 1791 – 8 February 1862) was a British Army officer and landowner. Having joined the 4th Dragoons in 1807, he fought with them in the Peninsular War, and survived a serious head wound at the Battle of Salamanca in 1812. After the war he continued in the army, transferring to the 17th Lancers and then the 18th Hussars before going on half-pay as a major. Norcliffe continued to purchase promotions and became a major-general in 1855. He inherited the Langton Hall estate from his mother in 1835 but chose to live more in London. He died there at the age of 70 in 1862.