Henry Hugh Clifford

Sir Henry Hugh Clifford
Captain Sir Henry Hugh Clifford in 1855
Born	12 September 1826 Irnham Hall, Lincolnshire
Died	12 April 1883 (aged 72) Ugbrooke House, Chudleigh
Buried at	St Cyprian's Chapel, Ugbrooke House
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major General
Unit	Rifle Brigade
Commands held	Eastern District
Battles/wars	Crimean War Second Anglo-Chinese War Anglo-Zulu War
Awards	Victoria Cross Companion of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Order of the Medjidieh (Ottoman Empire)
Relations	Hugh Charles Clifford, 7th Baron Clifford (father) Joseph Anstice (father-in-law) Sir Hugh Clifford (son)

Major General Sir Henry Hugh Clifford VC KCMG CB (12 September 1826 – 12 April 1883) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Clifford was the third son of Hugh Clifford, 7th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, who died in 1858, by his marriage with Mary Lucy, only daughter of Thomas (afterwards Cardinal) Weld of Lulworth Castle, Dorsetshire. He was born on 12 September 1826 and received his first commission as a second lieutenant in The Rifle Brigade, on 7 August 1846.

He served in South Africa against the Gaikas under Sandili in the following year, and then against the Boers, until their submission at Weinberg on the Vaal river. On the outbreak of another Kaffir war in 1852 he again went to Africa, where he remained until November 1853.

He took part in the Crimean war, where he received the appointment of aide-de-camp to Sir George Brown, commanding the light division, and was present at Alma and Inkerman, and for his gallantry in the latter battle was decorated with the Victoria cross, by leading one of the charges, killing one of the enemy with his sword, disabling another and saving the life of a soldier (5 November 1854).

In May 1855, he was appointed deputy assistant quartermaster-general, and remaining in the Crimea until the conclusion of the war was then promoted to the rank of brevet major, and received the medal and clasps for Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol, and from foreign governments the Legion of Honour and the 5th class of the Medjidie.