NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: George, Sir Rupert (1749-1823) 1st Baronet Civil Servant LBT ID: RuGeorge1823 | B/BAP: 1749-01-16 DIED: 1823-01-25 |
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (May 1823) 471; John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography (1824) 70-71 | |
The son of Dennis George of Clophook, Ireland; he was a naval officer in the American War
and was afterwards Chairman of the Transport Board. He was created baronet in 1809. | |