George Churchill (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General George Churchill (died 1753) was an officer of the British Army.

[2] He was promoted to captain in Lord Hertford's Regiment of Foot on 24 March 1712,[1] then transferred to the Coldstream Guards as captain and lieutenant-colonel on 28 September 1715,[3] being further promoted to second major on 5 July 1739[4] and first major on 25 December 1740.

Besides his regimental service, Churchill was promoted brigadier-general on 5 July 1739, major-general on 31 May 1745, and lieutenant-general on 19 September 1747, and was commander of the forces in Scotland from January 1752 until his death on 19 August 1753.

[7] At the time of his death he also held the sinecure office of Lieutenant-Governor of Fort St Philip in Minorca.

[8] George married Catherine Hobart (d. 1725), daughter of Sir Henry Hobart, MP, 4th Baronet and Elizabeth Maynard, eldest daughter of Sir Joseph Maynard.