Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield
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Lieutenant General The Right Honourable The Lord Bloomfield GCB GCH |
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| Private Secretary to the Sovereign | |
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In office 1817–1822 |
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| Preceded by | Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet |
| Succeeded by | William Knighton |
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| Born | 13 April 1768 |
| Died | 15 August 1846 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich |
Lieutenant General Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield GCB GCH (13 April 1768 – 15 August 1846) a British Army officer who saw action at the Battle of Vinegar Hill in June 1798 during the Irish Rebellion. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth from 1812 from 1818 and served as Private Secretary to the Sovereign from 1817 to 1822 before becoming Commanding Officer of the garrison at Woolwich in 1826.
Bloomfield was born in 1768, the son of John Bloomfield and Anne Charlotte Waller, and educated at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1781. After seeing action at the Battle of Vinegar Hill in June 1798 during the Irish Rebellion, he served in Newfoundland, Gibraltar, and at Brighton in 1806, where, as a brevet major, he was in charge of a troop of the Royal Horse Artillery. He was also appointed a Gentleman in Waiting to the King that year. Promoted to major-general on 4 June 1814, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth from 1812 from 1818 and was made a Privy Councillor on 19 July 1817.
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