George Wathen (actor)

George Wathen (1762–1849) was an English actor, stage manager and theatre owner who performed in London in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

He served with distinction as a junior army officer in the Siege of Gibraltar (1782), and then in Jamaica.

Among his early acting partners was the famous Lord Barrymore (1769-1793).

[1] George's military career, together with his fame as an actor and stage manager, enabled him to receive an appointment in 1841 as a Military Knight of Windsor (i.e., an honorary body guard of the king) and presumably around this time he became 'Major Wathen'.

He died on 21 April 1849, and was buried as Major Wathen in Windsor Castle.