Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, 7th Baronet was a British soldier and historian.
Background
Sir Henry, son of the famous caricaturist, Henry William Bunbury and Catherine Horneck, was educated at Westminster, and served on active service in the army from 1795–1809, notably in the Helder Campaign 1799, the Egyptian Campaign 1801, and the campaigns in the Mediterranean, where Bunbury served as Quartermaster-General.
Career
He particularly distinguished himself at the Battle of Maida in 1806. He served as Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1809-1816. He was promoted to the rank of Major-General and awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1815, and in the same year was responsible for informing Napoleon of his sentence of deportation to Street Helena.
He rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General.
He died at Barton Hall, Bury, Suffolk. The eldest son, Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury inherited his title and was a well known naturalist.
Another son Henry William Street Pierre Bunbury was an explorer in Western Australia.
Membership
9th United Kingdom Parliament. 10th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1825 and an active Member of Parliament for Suffolk from 1830 to 1832.