[citation needed] In 1797 he inherited from Horace Walpole his famous residence, Strawberry Hill House, in Twickenham.
[1] On leaving Eton in 1801, Lord Waldegrave purchased a commission in the 55th Foot.
Eight months later he purchased the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the 54th Foot, which he commanded during the Hundred Days campaign.
On his return home, he married his longtime lover, Anne King on 30 October 1815; they had had several children before their marriage and later had a further four.
George Edward, and his wife remarried in 1839, to Dr Algernon Hicks.