[4] He also held the rank of captain in the Shropshire Imperial Yeomanry from 1890 to 1897 before becoming lieutenant colonel of the 16th Middlesex (London Irish) Rifle Volunteers in 1898.
[3] Corisande's mother Cornelia Henrietta was a daughter of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough and thus a great-aunt of Winston Churchill.
George and Corisande had issue: Almost immediately after the marriage he began physically abusing his wife and after he struck her in the eye on 21 April 1899 she ceased living with him.
[7] He moved in with Corisande's former lady's maid Annie Turner and his wife filed an initial petition of divorce on grounds of cruelty and adultery, though this was abandoned at his request in favour of a deed of separation.
[7] He continued to live with Turner and a second petition was presented on the same grounds - George did not contest it and a decree nisi and custody of their children were granted to Corisande in 1902.