General Sir John Wright Guise, 3rd Baronet (20 July 1777 – 1 April 1865) was a

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general.

Life

Guise was born at

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, the second son of John Guise of

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, who was created a baronet in 1783, and died in 1794; his mother was the daughter and heiress of Thomas Wright. He was appointed ensign in the

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on 4 November 1794, and was transferred the year after to the

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, later the Scots Guards, in which he became lieutenant and captain in 1798, captain and lieutenant-colonel in 1805, and regimental first major in 1814. Guise served with his regiment in the

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, Vigo, and Cadiz in 1800, in Egypt in 1801, in Hanover in 1805–06, and accompanied it to Portugal in 1809. He was present at the

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, and commanded the light companies of the guards, with some companies of the

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attached, at the

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. He commanded the first battalion 3rd Guards in the

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of 1812–14, including the

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, the capture of

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, the

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and subsequent retreat, the

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, the

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, the

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, and the passage of the Adour. At the investment of and repulse of the sortie from

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, he succeeded to the command of the second brigade of Guards when Maj-Gen Edward Stopford was wounded (gold cross and war medal). Guise became a major-general in 1819, was appointed CB in 1831, became a lieutenant-general and KCB in 1841, colonel 85th light infantry in 1847, general 1851, and was made GCB 1863. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his brother

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, the second baronet, in 1834. In 1863 he was granted heraldic

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(usually only borne by

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) to descend to

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of the body on succession to the baronetcy. At the time of his death, Guise was senior general in the Army List. It took place at Elmore Court on 1 April 1865, at the age of 87.

Family

Guise married in 1815 Charlotte Diana, daughter of John Vernon of

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. They had seven children: *Jane Elizabeth Guise (d. 20 Feb 1897) married John Wingfield-Stratford, grandson of

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. They had seven sons, and six daughters. *Georgiana Maria Guise (d. 23 Nov 1859) married Capt. Henry Thomas Howard, son of

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and Countess Elizabeth Jane Dutton. They had one daughter that survived childhood, Elizabeth Frances. *

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(19 Aug 1816 - 24 Sep 1887). He married Margaret Anna Maria Lee-Warner, daughter of Rev. Daniel Henry Lee-Warner. They had three sons, and seven daughters. *Major Henry John Guise (25 Aug 1817 - 4 Jun 1857). He married Frederica Verner, daughter of

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and Harriet Wingfield (the daughter of the Viscount Powerscourt). They had at least two sons. *Francis Edward Guise (20 Apr 1820 - 20 Jan 1893). He married Henrietta Carnac, daughter of

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. They had four sons, and a daughter. *Reverend Vernon George Guise (5 Sep 1823 - 10 Mar 1861) married Mary Harriet Lane. They had three sons. * Lt.-Gen. John Christopher Guise, V.C. (27 Jul 1826 - 5 Feb 1895). Married Isabella Newcombe, daughter of Reverend Arthur Newcombe and Hon. Catherine Wingfield (also a daughter of the Viscount Powerscourt). They had two son, and two daughters. Of the several estates he inherited from his brother in 1834, he sold Rendcombe, Eighnam and Brockworth, retaining Highnam, Elmore and Rodley.

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