| 词条 | St George Gerald Foley |
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|name=Sir St. George Gerald Foley |image=St. George Gerald Foley, Vanity Fair, 1883-08-25.jpg |caption=Sir St. George Gerald Foley |birth_date=10 July 1814 |death_date={{d-da|24 January 1897|10 July 1814}} |birth_place= |death_place= |placeofburial= |placeofburial_label= |nickname= |allegiance={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |branch= British Army |serviceyears=1832–1879 |rank=General |unit= |commands= |battles=Crimean War Second Opium War |awards=Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |relations= |laterwork= }} General The Hon. Sir St. George Gerald Foley {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB}} (10 July 1814 – 24 January 1897) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey. Military careerBorn the son of Thomas Foley, 3rd Baron Foley, Foley was commissioned into the 53rd Regiment of Foot in 1832.[1] He was sent to Malta in 1834.[2] After services as Aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief, Ireland[3] he became Assistant Commissioner at the Headquarters of the French Army in the East[4] and was subsequently awarded the Order of the Medjidie for his service during the Crimean War in 1855.[5] He later took part in the Second Opium War.[6] He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1874.[7] He was also Honorary Colonel of the South Staffordshire Regiment.[8] FamilyIn 1865 he married Augusta Selina Sturt, daughter of Henry Charles Sturt. Lady Foley died 21 February 1901.[9] They had two sons.[8] References1. ^{{London Gazette|issue=18949|page=1491|date=29 June 1832}} {{S-start}}{{s-gov}}{{succession box | title=Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey | before=Sir Edward Frome | after=Sir Alexander Nelson| years=1874–1879}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Foley, St.George}}2. ^The British Army Garrison in Malta. 1828 - 1865 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=21030|page=3124|date=19 October 1849}} 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=21799|page=3797|date=16 October 1855}} 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=22107|page=1255|date=2 March 1858}} 6. ^{{London Gazette|issue=22575|page=5328|date=10 December 1861}} 7. ^World Statesmen 8. ^1 The Peerage.com 9. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Obituary |day_of_week=Friday |date=22 February 1901 |page_number=10 |issue=36385| }} 9 : 1814 births|1897 deaths|British Army generals|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|British Army personnel of the Second Opium War|British Army personnel of the Crimean War|Younger sons of barons|King's Shropshire Light Infantry officers|Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 5th class |
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