Sir George Hutt (1 March 1809 – 27 September 1889) was a

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officer. Hutt was born in

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, Hampshire,''1871 England Census'' the son of Richard Hutt and Gilly Flower.''England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975'' His mother died in 1815. His brother William Hutt was a British

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politician who was heavily involved in the colonization of

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and South Australia. Hutt was a distinguished officer of the old Indian artillery. He served with credit through the Scinde and Afghan campaigns of 1839–44, and for the performance of his battery at Meeanee was made a C.B. He commanded the artillery in the Persian war of 1857, and rendered valuable aid to

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in Scinde during the

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. When he retired in 1858 the government of Bombay thanked him for his services. In 1865 he became registrar and secretary to the commissioners of

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, and held that appointment until 1886, in which year he was made K.C.B. He died at Appley Towers, 27 September 1889. He married, in 1862, Adela, daughter of General Sir John Scott, K.C.B., by whom he left a family. His brother

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was the second

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hutt, George 1809 births 1889 deaths British Indian Army officers British military personnel of the First Anglo-Afghan War British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath British military personnel of the Anglo-Persian War