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The George Baronetcy, of Park Place in the County of Middlesex and of St Stephen's Green in the County of Dublin, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 18 September 1809 for Admiral Sir Rupert George, First Commissioner for Conducting the Transport Service (b Dublin 1748, d Dublin 1824) married Magaret daughter of Thomas Cochrane by his first marriage, and their daughter Charlotte married 28 February 1820 her cousin Richard Verity of Dean House, Huntington (son of Isaiah Verity of Ash Hall Glamorgan).[2] The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1856. The Georges were a County Laois family, whose estate was at Clophook near Stradbally.

Denis George, younger brother of the first Baronet, was a Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) from 1794 to 1821; they were the sons of Denis George of Clophook and Saint Stephen's Green, and his wife Sarah Young.

George baronets, of Park Place and St Stephen's Green (1809)

References

  1. ^ "No. 16292". The London Gazette. 26 August 1809. p. 1366.
  2. ^ Glamorgan Archives _Verity Family Records D/DXcb
  3. ^ https://morethannelson.com/officer/sir-rupert-george/
  4. ^ Rupert George's Obituary - married in Halifax
  5. ^ George Family, p. 8
  6. ^ http://lordbyron.org/persRec.php?&selectPerson=RuGeorge1823
  7. ^ British Expeditionary Warfare and the Defeat of Napoleon, 1793-1815 By Robert K. Sutcliffe