The son of Richard Bethell of St Peter's, Wallingford; educated at King's College, Cambridge, he was assistant master at Eton (1802-17), vice-provost (1851-57), and rector of Worplesdon, Surrey (1833-57).

REFERENCES TO George Bethell:

Francis Hodgson to Henry Drury, [1801 c.] in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878)