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WATHEN, GEORGE, only son of Samuel Wathen, Devonshire Square, Bishopsgate, London, and Dorking, Surrey, surgeon, and his second wife Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Sydenham Malthus, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, director South Sea Company; b.; adm. 2 Jun 1774; KS 1776; Ensign, 39th Foot 19 Nov 1778; Lieut., 13 Oct 1780; Capt., 14th Foot 6 Apr 1785; half-pay 1791; Brevet Maj., 17 Feb 1795; ret. 23 Feb 1791 [check]; present at siege of Gibraltar 1782; a well-known amateur actor, acting in comedy with Richard, 7th Earl of Barrymore, in private theatricals at Wargrave, Berks., and in London 1789-92; joint manager with Lord Barrymore of the Richmond Theatre 1792; a professional actor at Drury Lane 1795-1803, when he is said to have rejoined the army; a Military Knight of Windsor from 1840; m. Marianne ---; d. 21 Apr 1849, aged 87.
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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.