Sir George Hewett, 1st Baronet

General Sir George Hewett, 1st Baronet, (11 June 1750 – 21 March 1840) was a British Army officer who was Commander-in-Chief, India and then Commander-in-Chief, Ireland.

Military career Educated at Wimborne Grammar School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Hewett was commissioned into the 70th Regiment of Foot in 1762. In 1771, he went to New York to help control the Carib Uprising and in 1780 he took part in the Siege of Charlestown. He raised a new Regiment which was designated the 92nd Regiment of Foot.

He returned to England, where he served as Inspector General of Recruiting for the British Army from 1798 to 1804. He was given the colonelcy of the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot for life in 1800 and became Barrackmaster-General in 1804.

He lived at Freemantle Park near Southampton.