George Warde

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General The Right Honourable

George Warde
Born24 November 1725
Died11 March 1803(1803-03-11) (aged 77)
Buried
St Mary Abchurch, London
Allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
BranchBritish Army
RankGeneral
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.[1] He was a close childhood friend of James Wolfe, the Conqueror of Quebec. He became a colonel in the Royal Horse Guards,[2] (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.[2]

Warde died in 1803 and is buried at St Mary Abchurch in London.[2]

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). [3]

References

  1. ^ Robertson, Scott (1886). Squerryes Court, the Camp, and the Pictures (PDF). Kent Archaeological Society. p. 134.
  2. ^ a b c 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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