George Churchill (British Army officer)
George Churchill | |
|---|---|
| Died | 1753 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands held | Regiment of Foot Coldstream Guards 1st Regiment of Marines |
Lieutenant-General George Churchill (died 1753) was an officer of the British Army.
Early life[edit]
George was the illegitimate son of Admiral George Churchill from his relationship with Mary Cooke, of whom little is known. [1] He was thus a nephew of General Charles Churchill and the Duke of Marlborough.
Career[edit]
The young Churchill joined the Army as a lieutenant on 12 January 1707.[2] He was promoted to captain in Lord Hertford's Regiment of Foot on 24 March 1712,[1] then transferred to the Coldstream Guards as captain and lieutenant-colonel on 28 September 1715,[3] being further promoted to second major on 5 July 1739[4] and first major on 25 December 1740.[5] He served as lieutenant-colonel of the Coldstream Guards from 1 April 1743[6] until appointed colonel of the 1st Regiment of Marines on 20 September 1745, a post he held until that regiment was disbanded on 11 November 1748. Besides his regimental service, Churchill was promoted brigadier-general on 5 July 1739, major-general on 31 May 1745, and lieutenant-general on 19 September 1747, and was commander of the forces in Scotland from January 1752 until his death on 19 August 1753.[7] At the time of his death he also held the sinecure office of Lieutenant-Governor of Fort St Philip in Minorca.[8]
Personal life[edit]
George married Catherine Hobart (d. 1725), daughter of Sir Henry Hobart, MP, 4th Baronet and Elizabeth Maynard, eldest daughter of Sir Joseph Maynard. They didn't have children.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Charles Dalton, English Army Lists and Commission Registers, vol. VI (1904) pp. 86–87.
- ^ A List […] of His Majesty's Forces on the British Establishment (1740, reprinted 1930) p. 14.
- ^ Charles Dalton, George the First's Army, vol. I (1910) p. 192.
- ^ "No. 7823". The London Gazette. 14–17 July 1739. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 7975". The London Gazette. 27–30 December 1740. p. 3.
- ^ "No. 8216". The London Gazette. 19–23 April 1743. p. 3.
- ^ W. R. Williams, "An English Army List of 1740" in Notes and Queries, 12th series, vol. III, no. 63 (10 March 1917) p. 191.
- ^ "No. 9325". The London Gazette. 1–4 December 1753. p. 2.
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