The young Churchill joined the Army as a lieutenant on 12 January 1707.[2] He was promoted to captain in Lord Hertford's Regiment of Foot on 24 March 1712,[1] then transferred to the Coldstream Guards as captain and lieutenant-colonel on 28 September 1715,[3] being further promoted to second major on 5 July 1739[4] and first major on 25 December 1740.[5] He served as lieutenant-colonel of the Coldstream Guards from 1 April 1743[6] until appointed colonel of the 1st Regiment of Marines on 20 September 1745, a post he held until that regiment was disbanded on 11 November 1748. Besides his regimental service, Churchill was promoted brigadier-general on 5 July 1739, major-general on 31 May 1745, and lieutenant-general on 19 September 1747, and was commander of the forces in Scotland from January 1752 until his death on 19 August 1753.[7] At the time of his death he also held the sinecure office of Lieutenant-Governor of Fort St Philip in Minorca.[8]
george, churchill, british, army, officer, lieutenant, general, george, churchill, died, 1753, officer, british, army, george, churchilldied1753allegiance, united, kingdomservice, branch, british, armyranklieutenant, generalcommands, heldregiment, footcoldstre. Lieutenant General George Churchill died 1753 was an officer of the British Army George ChurchillDied1753Allegiance United KingdomService wbr branch British ArmyRankLieutenant GeneralCommands heldRegiment of FootColdstream Guards 1st Regiment of Marines Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 ReferencesEarly life editGeorge was the illegitimate son of Admiral George Churchill from his relationship with Mary Cooke of whom little is known 1 He was thus a nephew of General Charles Churchill and the Duke of Marlborough Career editThe young Churchill joined the Army as a lieutenant on 12 January 1707 2 He was promoted to captain in Lord Hertford s Regiment of Foot on 24 March 1712 1 then transferred to the Coldstream Guards as captain and lieutenant colonel on 28 September 1715 3 being further promoted to second major on 5 July 1739 4 and first major on 25 December 1740 5 He served as lieutenant colonel of the Coldstream Guards from 1 April 1743 6 until appointed colonel of the 1st Regiment of Marines on 20 September 1745 a post he held until that regiment was disbanded on 11 November 1748 Besides his regimental service Churchill was promoted brigadier general on 5 July 1739 major general on 31 May 1745 and lieutenant general on 19 September 1747 and was commander of the forces in Scotland from January 1752 until his death on 19 August 1753 7 At the time of his death he also held the sinecure office of Lieutenant Governor of Fort St Philip in Minorca 8 Personal life editGeorge married Catherine Hobart d 1725 daughter of Sir Henry Hobart MP 4th Baronet and Elizabeth Maynard eldest daughter of Sir Joseph Maynard They didn t have children References edit a b Charles Dalton English Army Lists and Commission Registers vol VI 1904 pp 86 87 A List of His Majesty s Forces on the British Establishment 1740 reprinted 1930 p 14 Charles Dalton George the First s Army vol I 1910 p 192 No 7823 The London Gazette 14 17 July 1739 p 2 No 7975 The London Gazette 27 30 December 1740 p 3 No 8216 The London Gazette 19 23 April 1743 p 3 W R Williams An English Army List of 1740 in Notes and Queries 12th series vol III no 63 10 March 1917 p 191 No 9325 The London Gazette 1 4 December 1753 p 2 Military officesPreceded byEdward Wolfe Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Marines1745 1748 Succeeded byRegiment disbanded nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Churchill British Army officer amp oldid 1178907170, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
