Henry Belasyse (died 1717)

Sir Henry Belasyse
Born	1648
Died	14 December 1717 (aged 68–69)
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Battles/wars	Franco-Dutch War Monmouth Rebellion Williamite War in Ireland Nine Years' War

Major-General Sir Henry Belasyse (also spelled Bellasis; 1648 – 14 December 1717) was an English soldier.

He was educated in strict principles of loyalty and attachment to monarchical government, and, though but a youth at the time, he suffered in the royal cause during the usurpations of Cromwell. Soon after the Restoration he was appointed captain of an independent company of one hundred men in garrison at Hull, of which fortress the Lord Belasyse was appointed governor, but who resigned in 1673 in consequence of the Test Act, he being a Roman Catholic.

In the summer of 1674 Sir Henry Belasyse raised a company of musketeers and pikemen for the service of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and was engaged at the siege of Grave in the autumn of that year. He also served at the siege of Maestricht in 1676, at the battle of Mont Cassel in 1677, and on 3 April 1678 he succeeded Colonel Ashley in the command of the regiment that would later become the 6th Foot. At the battle of St Denis in 1678 he evinced signal valour and ability, vying in feats of gallantry with his commanders the Prince of Orange and the Earl of Ossory, and was wounded. During the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth in 1685, he accompanied his regiment to England, and in 1687 circumstances occurred which occasioned him to withdraw from the Dutch service, but he preserved his attachment to the Protestant interest and to the Prince of Orange.

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