Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: mont-saint-jean , united netherlands - caption: sketch of william howe de lancey , about 1813 - battles: french revolutionary wars peninsular war hundred days - death date: 26 june 1815 -lrb- aged 37 -rrb- - allegiance: united kingdom - placeofburial: evere , belgium - birth date: 1778 - serviceyears: 1792 -- 1815 - name: sir william howe de lancey - branch: british army - image: william howe delancey.jpg - birth place: new york city , new york - rank: colonel Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william howe de lancey .
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colonel sir william howe de lancey kcb -lrb- 1778 -- 26 june 1815 -rrb- was an officer in the british army during the napoleonic wars .he died of wounds he received at the battle of waterloo .