Henry Shrapnel

Lieutenant-General

Henry Shrapnel
Lieutenant-General; Henry Shrapnel
	1817 portrait of Shrapnel
Born	3 June 1761; Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
Died	13 March 1842 (aged 80); Southampton, Hampshire
Allegiance	Great Britain ; United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Service years	1779–1825
Rank	Lieutenant-general
Unit	Royal Artillery
Conflicts	American War of Independence; French Revolutionary Wars Flanders campaign (WIA); ; Napoleonic Wars;

Lieutenant-General Henry Scrope Shrapnel (3 June 1761 – 13 March 1842) was a British Army officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He invented the shrapnel shell, which was named after him.