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Sir George Henry Waller, 3rd Baronet

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Sir George Henry Waller, 3rd Baronet
Born2 September 1837
Died9 October 1892
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held7th Regiment of Foot
Battles/warsCrimean War

Major-General Sir George Henry Waller, 3rd Baronet (2 September 1837 – 9 October 1892) was a British Army officer who served as commanding officer of the 7th Regiment of Foot.

Military career[edit]

Waller was commissioned into the 7th Regiment of Foot on 10 August 1854[1] and saw action in the Crimean War.[2] He became commanding officer of the regiment in October 1871[3] and was promoted to major-general on 7 April 1886.[4] He married Beatrice Katherine Frances, daughter of Christopher Tower; they had two sons and two daughters.[5] He lived at Woodcote in Warwickshire.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "No. 21581". The London Gazette. 11 August 1854. p. 2468.
  2. ^ "Death of General Waller". The Advertiser, Adelaide. 12 February 1892. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Royal Fusiliers: Commanding Officers". British Empire. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. ^ "No. 25579". The London Gazette. 11 August 1854. p. 1900.
  5. ^ The Marquis of Ruvigny and Ranieval (1911). The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: The Mortimer-Percy Volume. p. 536. ISBN 9780788418723.
  6. ^ "The Wise and Waller Families at Woodcote - Later Years". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thomas Wathen Waller
Baronet
(of Braywick Lodge)
1892
Succeeded by
Francis Waller