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Sir George Luck, (24 October 1840 – 10 December 1916) was a

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officer.

Military career

Luck was commissioned into the

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in 1858. He commanded the 15th Hussars during the

Second Anglo-Afghan War The Second Anglo-Afghan War (Dari: جنگ دوم افغان و انگلیس, ps, د افغان-انګرېز دويمه جګړه) was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the l ...

between 1878 and 1880. He became Inspector-General of Cavalry in India in 1887,Badsey, p. 67 and Inspector-General of Cavalry in the UK in 1893. Returning to India in 1898, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief,

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. In early November 1902 he left India on eight months′ sick leave, at the end of which he retired from the army in 1903. He was given the colonelcy of the 15th (The King's) Hussars in 1904, a position he held until his death in 1916. He was promoted full general on 23 May 1906. In retirement he lived at

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Lodge near

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, WiltshireObituary, The Times, 12 December 1916 and was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower (1905–07).Vanity Fair, 4 December 1907 He married Ellen Georgina Adams; they had no children.

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