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Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet
b.10 Jun 1757
d.11 Mar 1849
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  1. Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet1757 - 1849
  2. Charles Edmund NugentAbt 1759 - 1844
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Name Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Jun 1757
Marriage to Maria Skinner
Death[1] 11 Mar 1849
Reference Number? Q5475350?


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Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet, GCB (10 June 1757 – 11 March 1849) was a British Army officer. After serving as a junior officer in the American Revolutionary War, he fought with the Coldstream Guards under the Duke of York during the Flanders Campaign. He then commanded the Buckinghamshire Volunteers in the actions of St. Andria and Thuyl on the river Waal and participated in the disastrous retreat from the Rhine. He went on to be commander of the northern district of Ireland, in which post he played an important part in placating the people of Belfast during the Irish Rebellion, and then became Adjutant-General in Ireland. He went on to be Governor of Jamaica, commander of the Western District in England, commander of the Kent District in England and finally Commander-in-Chief, India.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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