Died 11 March 1803 Name George Warde Commands held Ireland | Rank General Service/branch British Army | |
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Buried at St Mary Abchurch, London Allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain | ||
General George Warde (24 November 1725 – 11 March 1803) was a British Army officer. The second son of Colonel John Warde of Squerryes Court in Westerham, he was a close childhood friend of James Wolfe, the Conqueror of Quebec. He became a colonel in the Royal Horse Guards. (2 April 1778 Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Horse). In 1773 he became colonel of the 14th Dragoons, then in 1791 was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, a post which earned him the rank of general in 1796. He was instrumental in repulsing two French invasions of Ireland in 1796 and 1798.
He married Charlotte Madan, daughter of Spencer Madan (1729–1813) and Charlotte née Cornwallis (died 1794); their son Charles Warde was a captain in the Royal Navy .
Having retired to Clyne Castle overlooking Swansea Bay in 1799, he died in 1803 and is buried at St Mary Abchurch in London.