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Major-General Sir Denis Pack KCB (c.1772–1823) was an Anglo-Irish military officer during the Napoleonic Wars.
Background
A descendant of Sir Christopher Packe, Pack was the son of the Very Reverend Thomas Pack, Dean of Ossory in the east of Ireland. His mother was Catherine, daughter and heiress of Denis Sullivan of Berehaven, Ireland.
Military career
He saw service in Flanders in 1794, was on the Quiberon expedition of 1795, and in Ireland of the suppression of the 1798 rebellion.
He commanded the 71st Foot during the capture of the Cape of Good Hope in 1806, was in the Peninsular in 1808, and the Walcheren expedition in 1809.
During the Peninsular War he was present at the battles of Roliça, Vimiero, A Coruña, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthez and Toulouse. His Peninsular Gold Medal had seven clasps.
Pack was promoted to major-general in 1813 and commanded (1810–14) the Oporto Brigade of the Portuguese Army in Spain. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1815 and commanded the 9th Brigade of Sir Thomas Picton's 5th Division at the Battle of Waterloo. He became Lieutenant-Governor of Plymouth and General Officer Commanding Western District in 1819.