Henry Bloomfield (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General Henry Keane Bloomfield (c. 1798 - 11 February 1870)[1][2] was an English soldier and whilst serving in New South Wales an Australian politician.

[3] He was a soldier, being first commissioned as an ensign in 1813 with the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot.

[5] In 1856, while in command of the army in New South Wales, he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, but he left the colony with his regiment in 1857.

[6] In 1867 he was given the colonelcy for life of the 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot[7] and in 1868 made lieutenant-general.

[8] Bloomfield died at 108 Jermyn Street, Piccadilly, London on 11 February 1870.