William Hargrave

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William Hargrave
Lieutenant General William Hargrave by Abraham Seaman.jpg
William Hargrave
Died21 January 1751
AllegianceUnion flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg  Kingdom of Great Britain
Service / branchUnion flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg  British Army
Rank Lieutenant-General
Battles / wars Nine Years' War
War of the Spanish Succession
Jacobite rising of 1715

Lieutenant-General William Hargrave (died 21 January 1751) was a British Army officer who served as the governor of Gibraltar from 1740 to 1749.

Military career

Hargrave was commissioned into Viscount Charlemonte's Regiment of Foot in 1694. [1] He fought with his regiment in the Low Countries from 1694 to 1696. [1]

In 1702, during the War of the Spanish Succession, he fought at the Battle of Cádiz and the Battle of Vigo Bay; he was also present at the Siege of Barcelona in 1705 and at the Battle of Almansa in 1707. [1]

He was also active at the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715 during the Jacobite rising. [1] He was made colonel of the 31st Regiment of Foot in 1730. [1] That same year he was instructed to proceed to Portsmouth and embark with reinforcements for Jersey where the Lieutenant Governor had failed to contain a riot. [2]

In 1739 he became Colonel of The Royal Fusiliers [1] just before he became Governor of Gibraltar in 1740.

He died in 1751 and is buried in Westminster Abbey. [3] His monument is by Roubiliac. [4]

References

Military offices
Preceded by Colonel of Hargrave's Regiment of Foot
1731–1737
Succeeded by
Preceded by Colonel of Hargrave's Regiment of Foot
17371739
Succeeded by
George Read
Preceded by Colonel of The Royal Regiment of Fuzileers
17391751
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of Gibraltar
17401749
Succeeded by