Henry Shrapnel

Henry Shrapnel
Portrait of Shrapnel, 1817
Born	(1761-06-03)3 June 1761 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
Died	13 March 1842(1842-03-13) (aged 80) Southampton
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1779–1825
Rank	Lieutenant-general
Unit	Royal Artillery
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary Wars Flanders Campaign (WIA) Napoleonic Wars

Lieutenant-General Henry Scrope Shrapnel (3 June 1761 – 13 March 1842) was a British Army officer whose name has entered the English language as the inventor of the shrapnel shell.