George Onslow (British Army officer)
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George Onslow | |
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| Born | 28 April 1731  Guildford |
| Died | 12 November 1792 (aged 61) Dunsborough House |
| Occupation | Officer, politician |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Thorp |
| Children | Pooley Onslow, George Walton Onslow, Arthur Onslow |
| Parent(s) |
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| Family | Elizabeth Onslow, Sir Richard Onslow, 1st Baronet, Arthur Onslow |
| Rank | lieutenant colonel |
Lieutenant colonel George Onslow (28 April 1731 – 12 November 1792) was a British politician and army officer, the eldest son of Richard Onslow and his second wife Pooley, and the nephew of Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the House of Commons.
Onslow was born in
John Guise's Regiment of Foot
on 12 January 1751.
Onslow continued to rise in the Army, and was promoted
lieutenant-colonel on 7 November 1759. He entered the House of Commons in March 1760 upon the death of his father, replacing him as one of the members for Guildford. He was known as "Colonel Onslow" in the Commons to distinguish him from his first cousin George Onslow, later Earl of Onslow
.
Onslow began his parliamentary career as one of the
libel on the King, and he opposed the expulsion of Wilkes from the House. As a reward for his support of the Rockingham administration, he received the post of Out-Ranger of Windsor Forest for life in 1765. In 1766, he voted for the repeal of the Stamp Act
.
However, Onslow's political views then took a decidedly conservative turn, supporting the
cockfighting), was a severe blow to the prestige of the North ministry, and Onslow was hanged in effigy on Tower Hill alongside an effigy of Sir Fletcher Norton
, speaker and fellow-member for Guildford.
Onslow remained a steadfast supporter of North, opposing efforts to make peace after the surrender of
Fox-North Coalition
, but retired from Parliament in 1784.
Onslow died in 1792 at Dunsborough House, Ripley, Surrey, after suffering a carriage accident. He had married Jane Thorp, sister of Robert Thorp, on 29 July 1752. They had five children:
- Richard Onslow (b. 1754)
- Pooley Onslow (b. 1758), married on 23 January 1788 Rear Admiral Sir Francis Samuel Drake, 1st Baronet; married on 13 June 1801 Arthur Onslow (1759–1833)
- George Onslow (b. 1764)
- Rev. George Walton Onslow (1768–1844)
- Rev. Arthur Onslow (1773–1851), married Marianna Campbell, by whom he was grandfather of Arthur Alexander Walton Onslow and Alexander Onslow, and ancestor of Cranley Onslow; married Caroline Mangles, by whom he was the ancestor of the Hughes-Onslow family.
References
- Barker, G. F. R (2004). "Onslow, George (1731–1792)". In rev. Ian K. R. Archer (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20789. Retrieved 27 November 2007. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)