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Benedict Arnold was twice married, and had three sons by his first wife. Benedict, the eldest, was an Officer of Artillery in the British Army, and died young in the West Indies. Henry and Richard both entered the King's Service after their father's defection, as Lieutenants of a Cavalry Legion, commanded by their father.
By his second marriage (April 8th, 1779), General Arnold became the father of four sons and one daughter.
Edward Shippen Arnold, the eldest already mentioned; James Robertson Arnold, the second son entered the Royal Engineers in 1798, and served at Bermuda, Nova Scotia, and in New Brunswick. In 1841 he was appointed a Major-General in the British Army, and rose to be a Lieutenant-General in 1851. He was a Knight of the Hanoverian Order of the Guelph, also a Knight of the Turkish Order of the Crescent. He died in service in 1854.
George Arnold, the third son, was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Bengal Cavalry, and died in India in 1828. William Fitch Arnold, the fourth son, became a Captain of Lancers in the British Army. Sophia Matilda Arnold married a Colonel in the East India Company's Service.
General Arnold died in London, June 14th, 1801. The following notice appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine. "At his house in Gloucester Place, Brigadier-General Arnold. His remains were interred at Brompton on the 21st. Seven mourning coaches and four State coaches formed the cavalcade."—Loyalists of the American Revolution—Sabine—British Army Register.