Major General Henry Despard was a British Army officer of the 17th Regiment of Foot (1799–1838), Staff of Ireland (1838–1842) and 99th Regiment of Foot (1842–1854). He saw action in Third Anglo-Maratha War in India and, in his later years, in the Flagstaff, or Northern, War in New Zealand. In 1845 he commanded British troops in a disastrous assault on the Māori pā at Ōhaeawai.
- Occupation
- soldier
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- 1784
- Died
- April 30, 1859
