Brigade Major George Salis-Schwabe (Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire 6 July 1843 – Bad Kissingen / Franconia 13 June 1907) was a British army officer, calico printer and

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politician.

Life

Salis-Schwabe was the son of Salis (born Salomon ben Elias; 1800–1853)New Illustrated Lives of Great Composers: Chopin, Ates Orga, Omnibus Press, 2015 Schwabe of Crumpsall House, Middleton, and Glyn Garth, Anglesey, formerly of Rhodes House, Middleton, a successful cotton printer of North German Jewish origin who had settled in Glasgow in 1818, moved to Middleton, Lancashire, in 1832, converted to the Church of England in 1831 and joined the Unitarian Church about 1842, and his wife, noted educationalist Julie Schwabe (her husband's cousin). His parents had a wide circle of notable friends. Salis-Schwabe was educated at

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, London and

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. He joined the army in 1863 and was Brigade Major of Cavalry at the Curragh and at Aldershot from 1873 to 1877. He served in the

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in 1879 when he was mentioned in despatches and awarded Medal with Clasp. In 1881, he became Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the

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. He was a partner in firm of Salis Schwabe & Co, Calico Printers, of Rhodes and Manchester. At the 1885 general election Salis-Schwabe was elected as the

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(MP) for the new Middleton division of

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. When the Liberals split over

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for Ireland, he joined the breakaway

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, and did not stand again at the 1886 election. George Salis Schwabe became Major-General in 1898 and was Lieutenant Governor of the Chelsea Royal Hospital until 1905. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the

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list published on 26 June 1902, and received the decoration from King

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on 24 October 1902. He died on 13 July 1907, at the age of 63.

Family

Salis-Schwabe married in 1870 Mary Jaqueline James, daughter of Sir William Milbourne James,

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. They had five children: Maurice Salis Schwabe (born 1871 in Easthampstead, Berkshire), Sir Walter George Salis Schwabe (born 1873),Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, 1931, pg 1221 KC, sometime Chief Justice of the

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, Edgar William Salis Schwabe (born 1875 in Ireland), Gladys Mary Salis Schwabe (Born in Prestwich 11 March 1878) and Rhoda Jaqueline Salis Schwabe (born in Ireland 1885). Gladys married British businessman

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and died with him and their six children in the 7 May 1915 sinking of the RMS ''Lusitania''.

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