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'''Sir George Hutt''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB}} (1 March 1809 – 27 September 1889) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer.

Hutt was born in [[St Helens, Isle of Wight]], Hampshire,<ref name="1871census">''1871 England Census''</ref> the son of Richard Hutt and Gilly Flower.<ref name="birth">''England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975''</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Boase |first1=Frederic |title=Modern English Biography: A-H |date=1892 |publisher=Netherton and Worth |page=1607 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GIVmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1607 |language=en}}</ref> His mother died in 1815.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Obituary |journal=The Gentleman's Magazine |year=1815 |volume=117 |page=569 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qs9KAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA569}}</ref> His brother [[William Hutt (British MP)|William Hutt]] was a British [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician who was heavily involved in the colonization of [[New Zealand]] and South Australia.

Hutt was a distinguished officer of the old Indian artillery. He served with credit through the Scinde and [[First Anglo-Afghan War|Afghan campaigns]] of 1839–44, and for the performance of his battery at [[Meeanee]] was made a C.B. He commanded the artillery in the Persian war of 1857, and rendered valuable aid to [[Sir Bartle Frere]] in Scinde during the [[Indian Mutiny]]. When he retired in 1858 the government of Bombay thanked him for his services.

In 1865 he became registrar and secretary to the commissioners of [[Chelsea Hospital]], and held that appointment until 1886, in which year he was made K.C.B.

He died at [[Appley, Isle of Wight|Appley]] Towers, 27 September 1889. He married, in 1862, Adela, daughter of General Sir John Scott, K.C.B., by whom he left a family.

His brother [[John Hutt]] was the second [[governor of Western Australia]].

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