George Warde

General The Right Honourable
George Warde
Born24 November 1725
Died11 March 1803(1803-03-11) (aged 77)
Burial place
St Mary Abchurch, London
Military career
Allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Branch
British Army
Rank
General
CommandsIreland

General George Warde (24 November 1725 – 11 March 1803) was a British Army officer.

Life

He was the second son of Colonel John Warde of Squerryes Court in Westerham, and his wife Frances Bristow of Micheldever. He was a close childhood friend of James Wolfe, the Conqueror of Quebec. He became a colonel in the Royal Horse Guards, (2 April 1778 Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Horse). In 1773 he became colonel of the 14th Dragoons, then in 1791 was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, a post which earned him the rank of general in 1796.

Warde died in 1803 and is buried at St Mary Abchurch in London.

Arms

Coat of arms of Warde of Squerries
Crest
A wolf's head erased Or.
Escutcheon
Azure a cross fleury Or.
Motto
Licet esse beatis (It is permitted to be joyful).

References

  1. ↑ Robertson, Scott (1886). Squerryes Court, the Camp, and the Pictures (PDF). Kent Archaeological Society. p. 134.
  2. 1 2 3 Crisp, Frederick Arthur, ed. (1903). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. Notes 5. London: Privately printed. p. 81.
  3. ↑ Burke's Landed Gentry. 1853

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