When the Egyptian Campaign of 1882 was undertaken he went out to Egypt on special service and was attached to the personal staff of General Sir Garnet Wolseley.

His services in the campaign were mentioned in despatches, and he was awarded with the brevet of lieutenant colonel, the medal with clasp, the Fourth Class of the Osmanieh, and the Khedive's Star.

At the request of Queen Victoria he sold the paper to Alice Ann Cornwell, who was an Australian gold mine owner.

Together, Rosa and George were the parents of three children:[1] Colonel FitzGeorge died at the Eden-house Hotel, Lucerne on 2 September 1907 after lying ill for some weeks.

[4] The arms of the Fitzgeorge family were: argent, on a cross between four roses gules, a sword in pale, point upwards, proper, pommel and hilt or, on a chief arched of the second, a baton fesswise.