| Havilland Le Mesurier | |
| Birth Date: | 1783 |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Rank: | Colonel |
Colonel Havilland Le Mesurier (1783 - 31 July 1813) was a British army officer. He was the eldest[1] son of merchant and commissary officer Havilland Le Mesurier and his wife Elizabeth Dobrée (? - 1804). He was educated at school in Salisbury and later at Westminster School.[2]
In January 1801 he entered the Royal Staff Corps as an ensign, and progressed steadily. He became deputy assistant quartermaster-general to Sir John Moore in Sweden, and also at the Battle of Corunna. He also was present at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro.[2]
In 1811 he was appointed Portuguese military secretary to the Duke of Wellington.[2] He was promoted to colonel, shortly before his death during the Battle of the Pyrenees. He was shot through the head on 28 July 1813, dying on the 31st.[3]
In 1809 he published a translation https://books.google.com/books?id=O0T6R9TIb74C of Considérations sur la Guerre, et particulièrement sur la dernière guerre, https://books.google.com/books?id=6qkWAAAAQAAJ a military book written by the French general Guillaume Latrille de Lorencez.[3]