Lieutenant-General George Churchill (died 1753) was an officer of the British Army.

Biography

George was the illegitimate son of Admiral George Churchill, and thus a nephew of General Charles Churchill and the

Duke of Marlborough General (United Kingdom), General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) was an Engl ...

. The young Churchill joined the Army as a lieutenant on 12 January 1707. He was promoted to captain in Lord Hertford's Regiment of Foot on 24 March 1712,Charles Dalton, ''English Army Lists and Commission Registers'', vol. VI (1904
pp. 86–87
then transferred to the

Coldstream Guards The Coldstream Guards is the oldest continuously serving regular regiment in the British Army. As part of the Household Division, one of its principal roles is the protection of the monarchy; due to this, it often participates in state ceremonia ...

as captain and lieutenant-colonel on 28 September 1715, being further promoted to second major on 5 July 1739 and first major on 25 December 1740. He served as lieutenant-colonel of the Coldstream Guards from 1 April 1743 until appointed colonel of the 1st Regiment of Marines on 20 September 1745, a post he held until that regiment was disbanded on 11 November 1748. Besides his regimental service, Churchill was promoted brigadier-general on 5 July 1739, major-general on 31 May 1745, and lieutenant-general on 19 September 1747, and was

commander of the forces in Scotland Scottish Command or Army Headquarters Scotland (from 1972) is a command of the British Army. History Early history Great Britain was divided into military districts on the outbreak of war with France in 1793. The Scottish District was comman ...

from January 1752 until his death on 19 August 1753.W. R. Williams, "An English Army List of 1740" in ''Notes and Queries'', 12th series, vol. III, no. 63 (10 March 1917
p. 191
At the time of his death he also held the sinecure office of Lieutenant-Governor of Fort St Philip in Minorca.

References

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