George Hewett

Sir George Hewett, Bt
Sir George Hewett, Bt
Born	11 June 1750
Died	21 March 1840 (aged 89)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Commands held	Indian Army
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

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General Sir George Hewett, 1st Baronet GCB PC (Ire) (11 June 1750 – 21 March 1840) was Commander-in-Chief, India and then Commander-in-Chief, Ireland for the British Army.

Military career[edit]

Educated at Wimborne Grammar School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Hewett was commissioned into the 70th Regiment of Foot in 1762.^[1] In 1771, he went to New York to help control the Carib Uprising and in 1780 he took part in the Siege of Charlestown.^[1]

In 1787, he was appointed Commanding Officer of the 43rd Regiment of Foot and in 1791, he went to Ireland where he became Adjutant-General and raised a new Regiment which was designated the 92nd Regiment of Foot.^[1]

He returned to England, where he served as Inspector General of Recruiting for the British Army from 1798 to 1804.^[2] He was given the colonelcy of the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot for life in 1800 and became Barrackmaster-General in 1804.^[1] In 1807, he became Commander-in-Chief, India and in 1809 he briefly took over the Government of India while the Governor-General put down a mutiny.^[1] His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland in 1813.^[1]

He was created a Baronet, of Nether Seale in the County of Leicester, on 6 November 1813.^[3]

He lived at Freemantle Park near Southampton.^[1]

Family[edit]

In 1785, he married Julia Johnson and together they went on to have five sons and six daughters, including Col. Sir George Henry Hewett, 2nd Baronet.^[1]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 George Hewett at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
↑ Glover, Richard (1963). Peninsular Preparation: the Reform of the British Army 1795-1809. Cambridge University Press. p. 219.
↑ The Peerage.com

Military offices
Preceded by Earl of Hopetoun	Commander-in-Chief, Ireland 1813–1816	Succeeded by Sir George Beckwith
Preceded by Viscount Lake	Commander-in-Chief, India 1807	Succeeded by Forbes Champagné
Preceded by Staats Long Morris	Colonel of the 61st Regiment of Foot 1800–1840	Succeeded by John Gardiner
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Nether Seale) 1813–1840	Succeeded by George Henry Hewett

[odnb-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 George Hewett at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

[Glover1963-2] Glover, Richard (1963). Peninsular Preparation: the Reform of the British Army 1795-1809. Cambridge University Press. p. 219.

[3] The Peerage.com

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