General Sir George Henry Frederick Berkeley KCB (9 July 1785 – 25 September 1857) was a British soldier and Conservative politician.
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Berkeley was the eldest son of Admiral the Hon. Sir George Cranfield-Berkeley, third son of Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley. His mother was Lady Emilia Charlotte, daughter of Lord George Lennox.
Berkeley was a Colonel of the 35th Regiment and a General in the British Army. At the start of the Waterloo Campaign of 1815, he was the Duke of Wellington's liaison officer at the Prince of Orange's headquarters.[1]
Berkeley was returned to Parliament for Devonport in 1852, a seat he held until 1857.
Berkeley married Lucy, daughter of Sir Thomas Sutton, 1st Baronet, in 1815. They had three sons and one daughter. His third son, George, succeeded as seventh Earl of Berkeley in 1882. Berkeley died in September 1857, aged 72. Lady Berkeley died in February 1870.
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| Preceded by Henry Tufnell Sir John Romilly |
Member of Parliament for Devonport 1852–1857 With: Henry Tufnell 1852–1854 Sir Thomas Erskine Perry 1854–1857 |
Succeeded by Sir Thomas Erskine Perry James Wilson |
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| Preceded by Charles Richard Fox |
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 1852–1853 |
Succeeded by Hon. Lauderdale Maule |