Henry Warde (British Army officer, born 1766)

General Sir Henry Warde GCB (7 January 1766 – 1 October 1834) was a British Army officer and colonial governor.

Born on 7 January 1766, he was the fourth son of John Warde (1721–1775) of Squerryes, by his second wife, Kitty Anne (d. 1767), daughter of Charles Hoskins of Croydon, Surrey.

He rejoined his regiment in June 1794, and continued to serve with it, acting as adjutant to the third battalion, until his promotion to a company, with the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel, on 15 October 1794, when he was sent home.

[1] Warde served in the expedition to Ostend and the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, and received the brevet rank of colonel on 1 January 1801.

He commanded the first brigade of foot guards sent to Spain in 1808 with the force under Sir David Baird, and returned to England in 1809 after the battle of Coruña, his name again appearing in the parliamentary vote of thanks.