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	In 1895 he patented a design for a self-cocking revolver,<ref>Patent [https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/035245455/publication/GB189515453A?q=pn%3DGB189515453A GB189515453A]</ref><ref>Patent [https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/032190077/publication/GB189612470A?q=pn%3DGB189612470A GB189612470A]</ref> which was taken up by the Webley & Scott Revolver & Arms Company. The [[Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver]] was produced as a six-shot .455 caliber and an eight-shot .38 caliber.		In 1895 he patented a design for a self-cocking revolver,<ref>Patent [https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/035245455/publication/GB189515453A?q=pn%3DGB189515453A GB189515453A]</ref><ref>Patent [https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/032190077/publication/GB189612470A?q=pn%3DGB189612470A GB189612470A]</ref> which was taken up by the Webley & Scott Revolver & Arms Company. The [[Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver]] was produced as a six-shot .455 caliber and an eight-shot .38 caliber.

	~~Sometime in the late 19th century~~ he ~~invented~~ the [[Paradox gun]].<ref name="obit"/><ref>Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office: [https://books.google.de/books?id=g9Q1AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Fosbery%22~~%20~~%227568%22~~&hl=de~~&pg=PA464~~#v=onepage&q=%22Fosbery%22%20%227568%22&f=false~~ Patent 7568], Vol. 33, 27. Oct. 1885, Page 464.</ref> ~~A gun made~~ by [[Holland & Holland]], so named because only the front two inches of the barrel were rifled; intended to be used as both rifle and shotgun, capable of firing both shot and conical bullets with accuracy.<ref>Colonial and Indian Exhibition: [https://archive.org/stream/cihm_05255#page/n607/mode/1up Holland's "Paradox" Double barreld Gun], 1886</ref><ref>oldammo.com: [https://www.oldammo.com/june17.htm Holland & Holland's Paradox Guns and Shells], June 2017</ref>		In 1885 he patented the [[Paradox gun]].<ref name="obit"/><ref>Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office: [https://books.google.com/books?id=g9Q1AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Fosbery%22+%227568%22&pg=PA464 Patent 7568], Vol. 33, 27. Oct. 1885, Page 464.</ref> The Paradox design was adopted and produced by the famous gunmaker's [[Holland & Holland]], and so named because only the front two inches of the barrel were rifled; intended to be used as both rifle and shotgun, capable of firing both shot and conical bullets with accuracy.<ref>Colonial and Indian Exhibition: [https://archive.org/stream/cihm_05255#page/n607/mode/1up Holland's "Paradox" Double barreld Gun], 1886</ref><ref>oldammo.com: [https://www.oldammo.com/june17.htm Holland & Holland's Paradox Guns and Shells], June 2017</ref>

			Marketed by Holland and Holland throughout the British empire for hunting, it was used most prominently in India with the advantage of being powerful enough for tiger, and also able to fire birdshot for snipe. When Fosbury's patent ran out in the late 19th Century, other makers adopted the design, most famously Westley-Richards with their "Explora" model.<ref>oldammo.com: [https://www.oldammo.com/june17.htm Holland & Holland's Paradox Guns and Shells], June 2017</ref>

	==Medals==		==Medals==
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	*[http://fosbery.tripod.com/GVF.html Biography]		*[http://fosbery.tripod.com/GVF.html Biography]
			{{Portal\|Biography}}
	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041028141858/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/avon.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''(Avon)''		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041028141858/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/avon.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''(Avon)''

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	*[http://fosbery.tripod.com/GVF.html Biography]		*[http://fosbery.tripod.com/GVF.html Biography]
	~~{{Portal\|Biography}}~~
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	{{Infobox military person		{{Infobox military person
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	==Military background==		==Military background==
	An [[Eton College\|Old Etonian]], Fosbery was 31 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[4th Bengal European Regiment]], [[British Indian Army]] during the [[Umbeyla Campaign]] during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He retired from the service in 1877 having achieved the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]].<ref name="obit">{{citation \| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E03E5DD133EE033A2575AC0A9639C946697D6CF \| title=LIEUT. COL. FOSBERY DEAD \| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\| place=original obituary archived on website \| date=9 May 1907\| accessdate=3 December ~~2022~~}}</ref>		An [[Eton College\|Old Etonian]], Fosbery was 31 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[4th Bengal European Regiment]], [[British Indian Army]] during the [[Umbeyla Campaign]] during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He retired from the service in 1877 having achieved the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]].<ref name="obit">{{citation \| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E03E5DD133EE033A2575AC0A9639C946697D6CF \| title=LIEUT. COL. FOSBERY DEAD \| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\| place=original obituary archived on website \| date=9 May 1907\| accessdate=3 December 2008}}</ref>

	===Umbeyla Campaign===		===Umbeyla Campaign===
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	==Medals==		==Medals==
	In 1997, Fosbery's Victoria Cross was sold at an Alberta auction for $45,000. His medals are now on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery in the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London.<ref name="Ashcroft">{{cite web \| url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/vvashcr2.htm \| title=Lord Ashcroft VC collection \| accessdate=4 March ~~2022~~}}</ref>		In 1997, Fosbery's Victoria Cross was sold at an Alberta auction for $45,000. His medals are now on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery in the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London.<ref name="Ashcroft">{{cite web \| url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/vvashcr2.htm \| title=Lord Ashcroft VC collection \| accessdate=4 March 2013}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	==Military background==		==Military background==
	An [[Eton College\|Old Etonian]], Fosbery was 31 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[4th Bengal European Regiment]], [[British Indian Army]] during the [[Umbeyla Campaign]] during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He retired from the service in 1877 having achieved the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]].<ref name="obit">{{citation \| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E03E5DD133EE033A2575AC0A9639C946697D6CF \| title=LIEUT. COL. FOSBERY DEAD \| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\| place=original obituary archived on website \| date=9 May 1907\| accessdate=3 December ~~2008~~}}</ref>		An [[Eton College\|Old Etonian]], Fosbery was 31 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[4th Bengal European Regiment]], [[British Indian Army]] during the [[Umbeyla Campaign]] during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He retired from the service in 1877 having achieved the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]].<ref name="obit">{{citation \| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E03E5DD133EE033A2575AC0A9639C946697D6CF \| title=LIEUT. COL. FOSBERY DEAD \| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\| place=original obituary archived on website \| date=9 May 1907\| accessdate=3 December 2022}}</ref>

	===Umbeyla Campaign===		===Umbeyla Campaign===
	{{See also\|Henry William Pitcher}}		{{See also\|Henry William Pitcher}}
	On 30 October 1863 during the Umbeyla Campaign, North-West [[India]], Lieutenant Fosbery led a party of his regiment to recapture the [[Crag Picquet]], after its garrison had been driven in by the enemy and 60 of them killed. The approach to the Crag was very narrow but the lieutenant led his party with great coolness, and was the first man to gain the top of the Crag from his side of the attack. Subsequently, when the commanding officer was wounded, Lieutenant Fosbery assembled a party and pursued the routed enemy, inflicting on them further losses.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=22988\|page=3425\|date=7 July 1865}}</ref>		On 30 October 1863 during the Umbeyla Campaign, North-West [[India]], Lieutenant Fosbery led a party of his regiment to recapture the [[Crag Picquet]], after its garrison had been driven in by the enemy and 60 of them killed. The approach to the Crag was very narrow but the lieutenant led his party with great coolness, and was the first man to gain the top of the Crag from his side of the attack. Subsequently, when the commanding officer was wounded, Lieutenant Fosbery assembled a party and pursued the routed enemy, inflicting on them further losses.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=22988\|page=3425\|date=7 July 1865}}</ref>
	[[File:Fosbery grave.jpg\|thumb\|Fosbery's grave, [[Smallcombe Cemetery]], Bath]]		[[File:Fosbery grave 2.jpg\|thumb\|Fosbery's grave, [[Smallcombe Cemetery]], Bath]]

	==Inventions==		==Inventions==
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	==Medals==		==Medals==
	In 1997, Fosbery's Victoria Cross was sold at an Alberta auction for $45,000. His medals are now on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery in the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London.<ref name="Ashcroft">{{cite web \| url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/vvashcr2.htm \| title=Lord Ashcroft VC collection \| accessdate=4 March ~~2013~~}}</ref>		In 1997, Fosbery's Victoria Cross was sold at an Alberta auction for $45,000. His medals are now on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery in the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London.<ref name="Ashcroft">{{cite web \| url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/vvashcr2.htm \| title=Lord Ashcroft VC collection \| accessdate=4 March 2022}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*~~[[File:Fosbery grave 2.jpg\|thumb\|Recent (March 2016) photo of Fosbery's grave]]~~[http://fosbery.tripod.com/GVF.html Biography]		*[http://fosbery.tripod.com/GVF.html Biography]
	{{Portal\|Biography}}		{{Portal\|Biography}}
	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041028141858/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/avon.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''(Avon)''		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041028141858/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/avon.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''(Avon)''

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{{Infobox military person
|name=George Vincent Fosbery
|image= George Fosbery VC.jpg
|caption=
|birth_name=
|birth_date=11 April 1832
|death_date= {{d-da|8 May 1907|11 April 1832}}
|birth_place=[[Stert]], [[Wiltshire]]
|death_place=[[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], [[Bath and North East Somerset]]
|placeofburial=St Mary's Cemetery, Bath
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|allegiance={{UK}}
|branch=[[British Indian Army]]
|serviceyears=1852-1877
|rank=Lieutenant Colonel
|unit=[[4th Bengal European Regiment]]
|commands=
|battles=[[Umbeyla Campaign]]
|awards=[[File:Victoria Cross (UK) ribbon.png|30px]] [[Victoria Cross]]
|relations=
|laterwork=Firearms designer and inventor
}}
Lieutenant Colonel '''George Vincent Fosbery''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (11 April 1832 – 8 May 1907) was an [[England|English]] recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces. He was also a designer and inventor of firearms.

==Military background==
An [[Eton College|Old Etonian]], Fosbery was 31 years old, and a [[lieutenant]] in the [[4th Bengal European Regiment]], [[British Indian Army]] during the [[Umbeyla Campaign]] during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He retired from the service in 1877 having achieved the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]].<ref name="obit">{{citation | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E03E5DD133EE033A2575AC0A9639C946697D6CF | title=LIEUT. COL. FOSBERY DEAD | newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| place=original obituary archived on website | date=9 May 1907| accessdate=3 December 2008}}</ref>

===Umbeyla Campaign===
{{See also|Henry William Pitcher}}
On 30 October 1863 during the Umbeyla Campaign, North-West [[India]], Lieutenant Fosbery led a party of his regiment to recapture the [[Crag Picquet]], after its garrison had been driven in by the enemy and 60 of them killed. The approach to the Crag was very narrow but the lieutenant led his party with great coolness, and was the first man to gain the top of the Crag from his side of the attack. Subsequently, when the commanding officer was wounded, Lieutenant Fosbery assembled a party and pursued the routed enemy, inflicting on them further losses.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22988|page=3425|date=7 July 1865}}</ref>
[[File:Fosbery grave.jpg|thumb|Fosbery's grave, [[Smallcombe Cemetery]], Bath]]

==Inventions==
In 1895 he patented a design for a self-cocking revolver,<ref>Patent [https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/035245455/publication/GB189515453A?q=pn%3DGB189515453A GB189515453A]</ref><ref>Patent [https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/032190077/publication/GB189612470A?q=pn%3DGB189612470A GB189612470A]</ref> which was taken up by the Webley & Scott Revolver & Arms Company. The [[Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver]] was produced as a six-shot .455 caliber and an eight-shot .38 caliber.

Sometime in the late 19th century he invented the [[Paradox gun]].<ref name="obit"/><ref>Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office: [https://books.google.de/books?id=g9Q1AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Fosbery%22%20%227568%22&hl=de&pg=PA464#v=onepage&q=%22Fosbery%22%20%227568%22&f=false Patent 7568], Vol. 33, 27. Oct. 1885, Page 464.</ref> A gun made by [[Holland & Holland]], so named because only the front two inches of the barrel were rifled; intended to be used as both rifle and shotgun, capable of firing both shot and conical bullets with accuracy.<ref>Colonial and Indian Exhibition: [https://archive.org/stream/cihm_05255#page/n607/mode/1up Holland's "Paradox" Double barreld Gun], 1886</ref><ref>oldammo.com: [https://www.oldammo.com/june17.htm Holland & Holland's Paradox Guns and Shells], June 2017</ref>

==Medals==
In 1997, Fosbery's Victoria Cross was sold at an Alberta auction for $45,000. His medals are now on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery in the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London.<ref name="Ashcroft">{{cite web | url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/vvashcr2.htm | title=Lord Ashcroft VC collection | accessdate=4 March 2013}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[[File:Fosbery grave 2.jpg|thumb|Recent (March 2016) photo of Fosbery's grave]][http://fosbery.tripod.com/GVF.html Biography]
{{Portal|Biography}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041028141858/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/avon.htm Location of grave and VC medal] ''(Avon)''

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