Undress coatee, worn by Ensign Henry Clinton, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, 1790 (c)

Undress coatee, with blue collar, cuffs and lapels with gold lace, and a white lining.

Less elaborate than the regiment's full dress coatee, this undress coatee would have been worn on parade and in marching order.

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton (1771-1829) was the son of General Sir Henry Clinton (1730-1795) who commanded British forces in North America during the American War of Independence (1775-1883), and grandson of Admiral George Clinton (1686-1761).

Sir Henry Clinton followed his grandfather into the Royal Navy but left after three years of service. He was commissioned in the British Army in 1787. Clinton served with the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, the 15th (The Yorkshire East Riding) Regiment of Foot, and the 1st (or Royal) Regiment of Foot.

Clinton served as aide-de-camp to Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, in Flanders from 1793. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1795. He was a prisoner of war of the French from 1796 to 1797. Clinton went on to serve as a liaison officer with the Russian Army. Following service in India he returned to Russia as a military attache.

Clinton became a Member of Parliament in 1808 but returned to military service when the Peninsular War began in 1808. He served on the staff of Sir John Moore and, later, with the Duke of Wellington. In 1815, Clinton commanded the 2nd Division during the Waterloo campaign.

Clinton served as Colonel of The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) from 1815 until his death in 1829.