How to Pronounce Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet
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Jun 10, 1757 Died on 11 Mar 1849 (aged 91)
British Army officer
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About Sir George Nugent 1st Baronet
- Field Marshal Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet, GCB (10 June 1757 – 11 March 1849) was a British Army officer.
- After serving as a junior officer in the American Revolutionary War, he fought with the Coldstream Guards under the Duke of York during the Flanders Campaign.
- He then commanded the Buckinghamshire Volunteers in the actions of St.
- Andria and Thuyl on the river Waal and participated in the disastrous retreat from the Rhine.
- He went on to be commander of the northern district of Ireland, in which post he played an important part in placating the people of Belfast during the Irish Rebellion, and then became Adjutant-General in Ireland.
- He went on to be Governor of Jamaica, commander of the Western District in England, commander of the Kent District in England and finally Commander-in-Chief, India.
