Died 17 March 1891 Battles/wars Crimean War Rank General | Service/branch British Army Allegiance United Kingdom Name John George | |
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Buried at Brompton Cemetery, London | ||
General Sir John St. George GCB (18 January 1812 – 17 March 1891) was a British Army officer.
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Military career
Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, John St. George was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery in 1828. He was decorated for his conduct during the Crimean War, where he commanded the siege train at the fall of Sevastopol in 1855.
From 1859 to 1869 he was successively President of the Ordnance Committee and then Director of Ordnance at the War Office.
He was Master Gunner, St. James's Park, the ceremonial head of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from 1884 to 1891, and was appointed Colonel Commandant of the 21st and 26th (Royal Arsenal) Kent Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1864.
He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
Family
In 1860 he married Elizabeth Marianne Evans.