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Sir George Ashley Maude, (11 November 1817 – 31 May 1894) was a British Army officer and

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Biography

Colonel Sir George Ashley Maude was born in 1817, the son of Rev Hon. John Charles Maude of Enniskillen, Ireland and Mary Cely Trevilian, daughter of William Cely Trevilian. His paternal grandparents were Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden and his third wife, Anne Isabella Monck, sister of 1st Viscount Monck. Sir George was educated at the public school Sherborne and entered the Royal Horse Artillery in 1834, which he later commanded as Colonel. He served in the battles of Alma and Balaklava, and took part in the

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. As

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he was Military Assistant to the Mission to the

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, 7 September 1856, led by

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. He was Deputy-Inspector to the Royal Irish Constabulary between 1858 and 1859, and appointed Crown Equerry of the Royal Mews in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom in 1859. He was appointed

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(KCB) in 1887.

Family

In 1845 Colonel Sir George Ashley Maude married Katherine Katinka, youngest daughter of Charles Beauclerk of St Leonard's Lodge, Horsham, Sussex. Through her father, Katherine was the granddaughter of Lady Diana Spencer (b1734), daughter of Lt-General Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough. Sir George and Lady Maude had six sons and one daughter. He died in 1894. Their children were: *Emily Diana Frances (c. 1846-23 Sep. 1926), married Jonathan Peel Baird, son of

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. They had nine children. *Charles John (17 March 1847-29 Apr. 1910), who married Sarah Maria Pell, daughter of Adm. Sir Watkin Owen Pell of

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. They had a son, and two daughters. *Comm. Eustace Downman (31 Aug. 1848-12 June 1930), who married Amy Williams, and had issue of which their oldest, Ruth, married son Sir Salusbury Gillies Payne, 5th Baronet. *Ashley Henry (14 March 1850-3 Oct. 1933), married Emma Constance Henry and had issue. *Lt.-Col. Aubrey Maurice (1 Aug. 1852-2 Jan. 1943), who married Amy Florence Lucas, sister of

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. They had two children, Brig. Christian George and Nancy of which the former married the Hon. Patience, daughter of George Kemp, 1st Baron Rochdale, and secondly Hester, granddaughter of

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MP. Both marriages produced children. *Maj. Alwyne Edward (23 July 1854-1 Dec. 1945), married twice to Katharine Lucy Campbell (d. 1892) and Louise Caroline Silfestrom. He had issue with Katharine. *Frederick William (28 Feb. 1857-9 Feb. 1923), Baron of the Cinque Ports. He married Ellen Maud Kelk, daughter of

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. They had issue.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maude, George 1817 births 1894 deaths People educated at Sherborne School Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Maude family Royal Artillery officers