Family and Education
b. 10 June 1757, illegit. s. of Edmund Nugent of Gosfield, Essex. educ. Charterhouse; R.M.A. Woolwich. m. 15 Nov. 1797, Maria, da. of Cortlandt Skinner, attorney-gen. of New Jersey, 2s. 2da. cr. Bt. 28 Nov. 1806; KB 1 Feb. 1813; GCB 2 Jan. 1815.
Offices Held
MP [I] 1800.
Ensign, 39 Ft. 1773; lt. 7 Ft. 1775; capt. 57 Ft. 1778, maj. 1782; lt.-col. 97 Ft. 1783, half-pay 1783 – 87; lt.-col. 13 Ft. 1787; a.d.c. to ld. lt. [I] 1787 – 89; lt.-col. 4 Drag. Gds. 1789; capt. and lt.-col. 2 Ft. Gds. 1790; col. 85 Ft. 1794; maj.-gen. 1796; command at Belfast 1798; adj.-gen. [I] 1799 – 1801; lt.-gov. and c.-in-c. Jamaica 1801 – 06; lt.-gen. 1803; col. 62 Ft. 1805, 6 Ft. 1806; c.-in-c. India 1811 – 13; gen. 1813; command Bengal 1813 – 14; f.m. 1846.
Capt. and keeper, St. Mawes Castle 1796 – d.
Main residence: Westhorpe House, Little Marlow, Bucks.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
NUGENT, George (1757-1849)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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