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Birth1788, Penton, Hants
Death8 Apr 1868, Sandhurst (Easthampstead district, Berks)
BurialSandhurst cemetery
General3rd s. ADC to Q. Vic 1842-5. 1854: General. 1866: Governor of RMC Sandhurst.
MotherElizabeth Mytton (-1810)
Notes for Sir George Augustus Wetherall KCB
His progeny are down as Weatheralls of Astley (or Ashley from the Duries?) Hall in Burke's 1894 Landed Gentry.

His 2nd s., Augustus White, went to Oxford and became a cleric.

His death is on FreeBMD under the name ‘Wetherall’.
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In the 1841 Army List he had the rank of Full Colonel, had the status of KH (Knight of Hanover?) and was Lt-Col of the 1st (The Royal) Regiment of Foot.

In The Times of 30 May 1825, his appointment from Major to Lt-Col in the Army.  He was then in the First Foot.

In Burke’s Peerage of 1849 he was listed as a knight of the Hanoverian Guelphic Order.
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His children were:

1. Col Frederick Augustus W., b. 1813, d. at Nassaw 1857; m. & had issue.
2. Frances Charlotte W., b. 1814, m. w/issue, d. 1892
3. George b. 1815
4. Rev Augustus White W., b. 1816, rector of Stonegrave, Yorks; d. 7 May 1891.
5. Maj-Gen Sir Edward Robert W., b. 1818. d. 11 May 1869; Under-Sec for Ireland: 1868. m. w/issue.
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Curiously he is not to be found in the 1861 census when McCrea says he was “From 1860 to 1865 he was in command of the Northern District of England at Manchester.”  Nor is he in the 1851 census when McCrea says he was at the Horse Guards from 1850 to 1854.
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In fact he was in the 1851 cneusus carrying an enormous housholed of his family including his daughter and her four children and that of his widowed brother Frederick Augustus and his four daughters.  His own family was:

First name(s)  Last name  Relationship  Marital status  Gender  Age  Birth year  Occupation  Birth place

George Augst  Wetherall  Head       Married  Male   63  1788  Army Colonel Assistant Adinr General At Horse Guards Staff  Hampshire
Frances       Wetherall  Wife       Married  Female  50  1801  Colonel Wethrall Wife         Barnet, Middlesex
Frances       Claremont  Visitor   Married  Female  30  1821  Wife Of Captain Clarement
                                                               Daughter Of Col Wetherall     East Indies
George        Claremont  Son        -        Male    6  1845  Scholar At Home               Canada
Emily         Claremont  Vis, Dau   -        Female   5  1846  Scholar At Home               Canada
Edward        Claremont  Son       -        Male     3  1848  -                             Canada
Henry         Claremont  Son       -        Male     1  1850  -                             Canada
Alexander     Witherall  Bro of Col Unmarr   Male    46  1805  Philasiopher
Mary Ann      Weatheral  Visitor    Unmarr   Female  20  1831  Niece Of Col Wetherall        East Indies

In addition there were 10 live-in servants.

Address & Ref:

Street               Castle Bar Hill
Parish               Ealing
County               Middlesex
Archive reference    HO107
Piece number         1699
Folio                76
Page                  17
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His baptism, seemingly entered into the register in 1800:

First name(s)                 GEORGE AUGUSTUS
Last name                     WEATHERALL
Birth year                    1788
Baptism year                  1788
Baptism day                   20
Baptism month                 Feb
Son or daughter               Son
First parent's first name(s)  Frederick Augustus
Second parent first name(s)   Elizabeth
Parish                        PENTON MEWSEY
County                        Hampshire
Country                       England
Notes                         (in register in 1800)
Record set                    Hampshire baptisms

Note that his mother was Elizabeth, not sure that she was Elizabeth Mitton.
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Notes for George Augustus & Frances Diana (Family)
Their marriage transcription:

First name(s) Frances Diana
Last name Denton
Marriage year 1812
Marriage date 13 Jan 1812
Spouse's first name George Augustus
Spouse's last name Wetherall
Place Fort William
Presidency Bengal
Groom's father's first name -
Groom's father's last name -
Bride's father's first name -
Bride's father's last name -
Catalogue description Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal, : 1713-1948
Archive reference N-1-9
Folio number 36
Entry number -
Record set British India Office Marriages
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The image of the register page adds:

That Fort William was in Calcutta,
The witnesses were: Marianne McClintock, R McClintock, H Keys, Isabella Wetherall
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