Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet

Sir George Nugent
Member of Parliament for Buckingham
In office
1818–1832
Preceded byWilliam Fremantle
James Hamilton Stanhope
Succeeded bySir Thomas Fremantle, 1st Bt
Sir Harry Verney
Commander-in-Chief, India
In office
1811–1813
Preceded byForbes Champagné
Succeeded byThe Earl of Moira
Governor of Jamaica
In office
1801–1805
Preceded byThe Earl of Balcarres
Succeeded bySir Eyre Coote
Personal details
Born(1757-06-10)10 June 1757
Died11 March 1849(1849-03-11) (aged 91)
Westhorpe House, Buckinghamshire
Spouse
(m. 1797; died 1834)
RelationsThomas Fremantle, 2nd Baron Cottesloe (grandson)
Children5
Parent(s)Hon. Edmund Nugent
Ms. Fennings
EducationCharterhouse School
Alma materRoyal Military Academy, Woolwich
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
RankField Marshal
Commands97th Regiment of Foot
13th Regiment of Foot
4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards
Buckinghamshire Volunteers
Western District
Kent District
Commander-in-Chief, India
Battles/wars

Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet, GCB (10 June 1757 – 11 March 1849) was a British Army officer. After serving as a junior officer in the American Revolutionary War, he fought with the Coldstream Guards under the Duke of York during the Flanders Campaign. He then commanded the Buckinghamshire Volunteers in the actions of St. Andria and Thuyl on the river Waal and participated in the disastrous retreat from the Rhine. He went on to be commander of the northern district of Ireland, in which post he played an important part in placating the people of Belfast during the Irish Rebellion, and then became Adjutant-General in Ireland. He went on to be Governor of Jamaica, commander of the Western District in England, commander of the Kent District in England and finally Commander-in-Chief, India.