George Morrison (British Army officer)

George Morrison
Born 1703
Died 26 November 1799
London
Allegiance  Great Britain
Service/branch British Army
Rank General

General George Morrison (1703 - 26 November 1799) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

Military career

Morrison joined the British Army as a gunner in 1722.[1] He was involved in suppressing the Jacobite Rebellion in 1745 and as a result was sent to Royal Military Academy, Woolwich as an Officer Cadet.[1]

Morrison led the construction of a series of roads in Scotland on the orders of Field Marshal George Wade.[1] In 1757 he was commissioned as a Captain-Lieutenant and in 1758 he served in the Seven Years War in which he led the destruction of a number of forts in France.[1]

In 1763 he was appointed Quartermaster-General to the Forces,[1] although this was not gazetted until 1773,[2] and in 1796 he was promoted to full General.[3]

Family

He married Mary and together they went on to have six children.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f George Morrison at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. ^ London Gazette: no. 11319. p. 1. 16 January 1773. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
  3. ^ London Gazette: no. 13892. p. 459. 14 May 1796. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
Military offices
Preceded by
Humphrey Bland		 Quartermaster-General to the Forces
1763–1796		 Succeeded by
Sir David Dundas