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France-Albert René, Jerry Rawlings. Couple of 20th century examples of autocrats who yielded their power to democratic rule.

> France-Albert René

I'm not impressed. He took a dictatorship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France-Albert_Ren%C3%A9

> Jerry Rawlings

Not impressed with him,either. He took it back: "After handing power over to a civilian government, he took back control of the country on 31 December 1981 as the chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC)."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rawlings

Theres not a big sample size to pick from.

How many people have led armies fighting British, let alone beat them?

The sample size is people who led successful revolutions. There are plenty in history you can compare Washington to.

For the record, there is also Scipio. But yes, very few people in all of history who voluntarily stepped back when offered absolute power.