Charles Clinton (1690 – 19 November 1773) was a French and Indian War Colonel, the father of American Revolutionary War general James Clinton and Vice President of the United States George Clinton, and the grandfather of New York Governor DeWitt Clinton. Charles Clinton was born in Corbay, County Longford, Ireland to James Clinton a soldier in Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army who fought during the battle of Drogheda killing many Irish and was rewarded with land in Ireland and Elizabeth Smith, the daughter of a captain in Cromwell's Army.