George Morrison (British Army officer)
George Morrison | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1703 |
| Died | 26 November 1799 London |
| Allegiance |  Great Britain |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Rank | General |
General George Morrison (1703 – 26 November 1799) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.
Military career
Morrison joined the
Officer Cadet.[1]
Morrison led the construction of a series of roads in
Captain-Lieutenant and in 1758 he served in the Seven Years' War in which he led the destruction of a number of forts in France.[1]
In 1763 he was appointed
17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot and in 1792 was made Colonel of the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), a command he held until his death.[4]
In 1796 he was promoted to full
General.[5]
Family
He married Mary and together they had six children.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f George Morrison at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ "No. 11319". The London Gazette. 16 January 1773. p. 1.
- ^ "75th Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "General George Morrison". King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "No. 13892". The London Gazette. 14 May 1796. p. 459.