George Cadogan
Encyclopedia
General Sir George Cadogan (2 December 1814 – 27 January 1880) was a general in the British Army
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and Honoria Louisa Blake (and thus the younger brother of the 4th earl
), he served in the Crimean War
and produced watercolours of scenes he witnessed during it. He rose to Colonel in the service of the 71st Foot before receiving promotion to General.
His second marriage was to Emily Ashworth, daughter of Lt-Gen Sir Frederick Ashworth, on 23 July 1857. They had 1 child:
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
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Life
The fifth son of George Cadogan, 3rd Earl CadoganGeorge Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan
Admiral George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan KMT, CB was a prominent British Royal Navy officer and politician of the mid-nineteenth century who first gained notoriety for his service in the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars in command of...
and Honoria Louisa Blake (and thus the younger brother of the 4th earl
Henry Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan
Henry Charles Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan PC , styled Viscount Chelsea between 1820 and 1864, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician...
), he served in the Crimean War
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
and produced watercolours of scenes he witnessed during it. He rose to Colonel in the service of the 71st Foot before receiving promotion to General.
Honours
- Knight in the Order of the Medjidie
- Commander (1st Class) of the Order of Saints Maurice and LazarusOrder of Saints Maurice and LazarusThe Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus is an order of chivalry awarded by the House of Savoy, the heads of which were formerly Kings of Italy...
- Knight Commander in the Order of the BathOrder of the BathThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
Marriages and issue
His first marriage was to Sophia Armstrong, daughter of colonel Thomas Armstrong, on 19 February 1846. They had 4 children:- Mary Cadogan b. 8 Dec 1847, d. 15 Apr 1882
- Honoria Frances Cadogan b. 15 Jun 1849, d. c 1895
- Olivia Georgiana Cadogan+ b. 3 Sep 1850, d. 19 Jul 1910, married the FlorentineFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
patrician Lippo Neri, Conte Palagi del Palagio - Sophia Isabella Harriet Cadogan b. 7 Jan 1853, d. 3 Feb 1928
His second marriage was to Emily Ashworth, daughter of Lt-Gen Sir Frederick Ashworth, on 23 July 1857. They had 1 child:
- Horace James Henry Cadogan b. 25 May 1862, d. 28 Apr 19322
External links
- George Cadogan on thePeerage.com
- "Cadogan's Crimea"