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Sir Henry Clinton in 1777, the year before he became commander-in-chief of the British Army in the American Revolution, portrait by John Smart. National Institute of American History and Democracy.

Sir Robert Pigot, a British military officer who led troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill and at the Battle of Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Portrait by Francis Cotes, c. 1765.

Portrait of Sir William Howe, British general during the American Revolutionary War. By Henry Bryan Hall, 1872. New York Public Library, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection.

Portrait of explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert by an unknown artist, c. 1584. Compton Castle.

Sir Roger Manwood (1525-1592), watercolor, copy by George Perfect Harding, after an unknown artist, early 19th century. National Portrait Gallery, London.

Portrait of Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), Elizabethan poet, soldier, and courtier, oil on canvas by an unknown artist after an original, c. 1576. National Portrait Gallery, London.

Sir Gordon Drummond, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada during the War of 1812, and the Governor General of Canada from 1815 to 1816, portrait by George Theodore Berthon, c. 1882. Archives of Ontario.

A portrait of Sir Edmund Andros, an English colonial official who served as governor for multiple colonies including New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and the short-lived Dominion of New England. By Mary Beale, circa 1680.

The death of British General Sir John Moore during the Battle of Corunna, 16 January 1809. Engraving by Thomas Sutherland in the book The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799-1815, by James Jenkins.

Sir Phineas Riall, a British general during the War of 1812, who led troops at the Battle of Chippawa and the Battle of Lundy's Lane. By an unknown artist, c. 1815. Private collection.