George Morrison (British Army officer)
George Morrison | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1703 |
| Died | 26 November 1799 London |
| Allegiance |  Great Britain |
| Service | 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 rising of 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] From 1779 to 1782 he was Colonel of the short-lived 75th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Regiment).[3] In 1782 he was made Colonel of the 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot and in 1792 was made Colonel of the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), a command he held until his death.[4]
In 1796 he was promoted to full General.[5]
Family
He married Mary and together they went on to have six children.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f George Morrison at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ "No. 11319". The London Gazette. 16 January 1773. p. 1.
- ^ "75th Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "General George Morrison". King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "No. 13892". The London Gazette. 14 May 1796. p. 459.