Английская Википедия:George Hewett (British Army officer)
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person General Sir George Hewett, 1st Baronet Шаблон:Postnominals (11 June 1750 – 21 March 1840) was Commander-in-Chief, India and then Commander-in-Chief, Ireland for the British Army.
Military career
Educated at Wimborne Grammar School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Hewett was commissioned into the 70th Regiment of Foot in 1762.[1] In 1771, he went to New York to help control the Carib Uprising and in 1780 he took part in the Siege of Charlestown.[1]
In 1787, he was appointed Commanding Officer of the 43rd Regiment of Foot and in 1791, he went to Ireland where he became Adjutant-General (serving there until 1799).[2] He raised a new Regiment which was designated the 92nd Regiment of Foot.[1][3]
He returned to England, where he served as Inspector General of Recruiting for the British Army from 1798 to 1804.[4] He was given the colonelcy of the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot for life in 1800 and became Barrackmaster-General in 1804.[1] In 1807, he became Commander-in-Chief, India and in 1809 he briefly took over the Government of India while the Governor-General put down a mutiny.[1] His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland in 1813.[1]
He was created a Baronet, of Nether Seale in the County of Leicester, on 6 November 1813.[5]
He lived at Freemantle Park near Southampton.[1]
Family
In 1785, he married Julia Johnson and together they went on to have five sons and six daughters, including Col. Sir George Henry Hewett, 2nd Baronet.[1]
References
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 1,7 George Hewett at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
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