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Howard, George, 1718-1796
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1718-1796
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HOWARD, SIR GEORGE, son of Lieut. -Gen. Thomas Howard, and Mary, sister of Richard Moreton (qv); bapt. 20 Jun 1718; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1728/9; Min. Can. 1732; left 1735; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Jun 1735; DCL 7 Jul 1773; Ensign, 24th Foot 28 Feb 1725/6; Lieut., 28 Jan 1736; Capt., 3rd Foot 1 Sep 1739; Lieut. -Col., 2 Apr 1744; Col. in the Army 21 Aug 1749; Col., 3rd Foot 21 Aug 1749 – May 1763; commanded his regiment at Fontenoy, Falkirk, Culloden, the battle of the Val, and on expedition to Rochefort; Maj. -Gen., 16 Jan 1758; Lieut. -Gen., 22 Feb 1760; commanded a brigade under Lord Granby in Germany 1760-2; signed Convention of Brucker Muhl with the French general Guerchy Sep 1762; Col., 7th Dragoons 13 May 1763 – Apr 1779; Governor of Minorca 1766-8; Governor of Chelsea Hospital from 13 Feb 1768; Gen., 6 Sep 1777; Col., 1st Dragoon Guards, from 1 Apr 1779; Governor of Jersey 1790; Field Marshal from 12 Oct 1793; MP Lostwithiel 1761 – Mar 1766, Stamford from 1768; KB 3 Aug 1774; Privy Councillor 29 Jul 1795; m. 1st, 16 Feb 1747 Lady Lucy Wentworth, dau. of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford; m. 2nd, 21 May 1776 Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham, and sister of William Beckford (adm. 1718/9, qv); d. 16 Jul 1796. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.