Denzil Onslow (British Army officer)
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General Denzil Onslow (12 September 1770 – 21 August 1838) was a British soldier. He was born at Marylebone, London, the son of the British Member of Parliament Middleton Onslow.
He was commissioned as an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards in 1787[1] and was promoted to lieutenant in 1793,[2] with the rank of captain in the Army. In 1794 he purchased the rank of major in the 19th Regiment of Foot,[3] and later that year was appointed lieutenant-colonel of Sir James Grant's newly-raised 97th Regiment of Foot.[4] The regiment was disbanded the following year, so he was on half-pay when granted the brevet rank of colonel in 1800.[5] He was thereafter promoted by seniority to major-general in 1805,[6] lieutenant-general in 1811,[7] and general in 1825.[8]
