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{{Infobox military person
|name=George Hand More-Molyneux
|birth_date=6 May 1851
|birth_place=[[Artington#Littleton|Littleton, Surrey]]
|death_date=21 November 1903
|death_place=[[Brighton]]
|image=
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]
|serviceyears= 1870–1903
|rank= [[Major-General]]
|branch={{army|British India|23px}}
|current position=
|commands=
|unit= [[37th Dogras]], [[Khyber Rifles]]
|battles= [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]], [[Suakin Expedition]], [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]], [[Tirah Campaign]]
|awards= [[Order of the Bath|CB]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]]
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[[Major-General]] '''George Hand More-Molyneux''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|DSO}} (1851–1903) was a senior [[British Indian Army]] officer.

==Biography==

Born in [[Artington#Littleton|Littleton, Surrey]] on 6 May 1851, George More-Molyneux was the son of Lt.-Col. A. More-Molyneux, H.E.I.C., and grandson of J. More-Molyneux, of [[Loseley Park]], Surrey.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-189153|title=More-Molyneux, Maj.-Gen. George Hand|date=1 December 2007|website=Who's Who & Who Was Who|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U189153 |isbn=978-0-19-954089-1 |access-date=10 June 2018|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He was educated at the [[Royal Grammar School, Guildford]], and [[Bedford School|Bedford Grammar School]].<ref name=":0" /> He joined the [[37th Dogras]] in 1870, and was Commander of the [[Khyber Rifles]] in [[Afghanistan]] during the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]], between 1878 and 1880. He took part in the [[Suakin Expedition]] in [[Sudan]], between 1884 and 1885, and fought at the Battle of Hasheen, the Battle of Takdul, and at the [[Battle of Tamai]]. He fought in the [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]], between 1885 and 1889, was [[Military attaché|British Military Attaché]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St Petersburg]], between 1890 and 1892, and commanded the [[Bengal Army|1st Bengal Infantry]], between 1892 and 1893. He served during the [[Tirah Campaign]] on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–55)|North West Frontier]], between 1897 and 1898, was Commander of [[Bundelkhand]] District, [[Agra]], between 1898 and 1901, [[List of British representatives at Aden|British Representative in Aden]], in 1901, and Commander of [[Rohilkhand]] District, [[Uttar Pradesh]], between 1901 and 1903.<ref>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U189153/MORE-MOLYNEUX_Maj.-Gen._George_Hand?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0 Who's Who]</ref>

[[Major general|Major General]] George More-Molyneux was invested as a Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] in the [[1900 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |city=e |issue=11200 |pages=518–519 |date=25 May 1900 }}</ref> He died in [[Brighton]] on 21 November 1903.<ref>Charles Edward Buckland, ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'', 1906, p. 299</ref>

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