Sir George Wetherall | |
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General Sir George Wetherall |
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Born | 1788 Penton, Hampshire |
Died | 8 April 1868 Sandhurst, Berkshire |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | British Army |
Rank | General |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
General Sir George Augustus Wetherall GCB (1788 – 8 April 1868) was a British General.
He was the son of General Sir Frederick Wetherall and was educated in the senior department of the Royal military college, and entered the army in 1803.[1] He served as brigade-major at the Cape of Good Hope in 1807, took part in the conquest of Java as aide-de-camp to his father, from 1822 till 1825 was military secretary to the commander-in-chief of Madras, and in 1826 was appointed deputy judge-advocate-general in India.[1]
General Wetherall is most famous for his services during the rebellion in Canada of 1837/38 during which he was the Commander of the Royals’ 2nd battalion in the Battle of Saint-Charles, a battle part of the Lower Canada Rebellion fought on November 25, 1837 between Great Britain and Lower Canada Patriote rebels.[1] After the victory, he and his troops unearthed the Colonne de la liberté, a column erected in Saint-Charles by the Patriotes for the Assembly of the Six Counties, and brought it back as a war trophy to Montreal, along with a number of prisoners.
For his services, Wetherall was made a companion of the Order of the Bath.[1] He was deputy adjutant-general in Canada from 1843 till 1850.[1] In 1854 he was made Adjutant-General to the Forces, which post he held till in 1860 he took command of the Northern District of England.[1] At the expiration of his services in 1865 he was appointed Governor of the Royal Military College Sandurst.[1] He became colonel of the 84th regiment in 1854, was knighted in 1856, made a lieutenant-general in 1857, and a GCB in 1865.
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by Sir George Cathcart |
Adjutant General 1854–1860 |
Succeeded by Sir James Yorke Scarlett |
Preceded by Sir Harry Jones |
Governor of the Royal Military College Sandhurst 1866–1868 |
Succeeded by Sir Duncan Cameron |