About George Augustus Wetherall
Lived 1788 – 1868 (aged 79–80). George Augustus Wetherall was a British military leader.
General Sir George Augustus Wetherall, (1788 – 8 April 1868) was a senior British Army officer.
Military career As the son of General Sir Frederick Wetherall, George Augustus Wetherall was educated in the senior department of the Royal Military College, and entered the army in 1803. He served as brigade-major at the Cape of Good Hope in 1807, took part in the conquest of Java as aide-de-camp to his father, from 1822 till 1825 was military secretary to the commander-in-chief of Madras, and in 1826 was appointed deputy judge-advocate-general in India.
Legacy The Memorials to Governors in the Chapel of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst includes: In Memory of General Sir George Augustus Wetherall, G.C.B., K.H., Colonel of the 84th Foot. Died 8th April, 1868, aged 80 years. He was Governor of this College from 1866 to 1868.
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George Augustus Wetherall was born in 1788 in Hampshire.
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George Augustus Wetherall died on 8 April 1868 in Sandhurst.
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