Brigade Major George Salis-Schwabe CB (Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire 6 July 1843 – Bad Kissingen / Franconia 13 June 1907)[1][2] was a British army officer, calico printer and Liberal politician.
Salis-Schwabe was the son of Salis (born Salomon ben Elias; 1800–1853)[3][4] Schwabe of Crumpsall House, Middleton, and Glyn Garth, Anglesey, formerly of Rhodes House, Middleton,[5] a successful cotton printer of North German Jewish origin who had settled in Glasgow in 1818, moved to Middleton, Lancashire, in 1832, converted to the Church of England in 1831 and joined the Unitarian Church about 1842,[4][6] and his wife, noted educationalist Julie Schwabe (her husband's cousin).
[10] George Salis Schwabe became Major-General in 1898 and was Lieutenant Governor of the Chelsea Royal Hospital until 1905.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902,[11][12] and received the decoration from King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 1902.
Gladys married British businessman Paul Crompton and died with him and their six children in the 7 May 1915 sinking of the RMS Lusitania.