| 词条 | George Morrison (British Army officer) |
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| name =George Morrison | image = | caption = | birth_date =1703 | death_date =26 November 1799 | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place =London | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} | branch =British Army | serviceyears = | rank =General | unit = | commands = | battles = | awards = | relations = | laterwork = }} General George Morrison (1703 – 26 November 1799) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces. Military careerMorrison joined the British Army as a gunner in 1722.[1] He was involved in suppressing the Jacobite rising of 1745 and as a result was sent to Royal Military Academy, Woolwich as an Officer Cadet.[1] Morrison led the construction of a series of roads in Scotland on the orders of Field Marshal George Wade.[1] In 1757 he was commissioned as a Captain-Lieutenant and in 1758 he served in the Seven Years' War in which he led the destruction of a number of forts in France.[1] In 1763 he was appointed Quartermaster-General to the Forces,[1] although this was not gazetted until 1773,[2] From 1779 to 1782 he was Colonel of the short-lived 75th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Regiment).[3] In 1782 he was made Colonel of the 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot and in 1792 was made Colonel of the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), a command he held until his death.[4] In 1796 he was promoted to full General.[5] FamilyHe married Mary and together they went on to have six children.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 George Morrison at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Humphrey Bland}}{{s-ttl|title=Quartermaster-General to the Forces|years=1763–1796}}{{s-aft|after=David Dundas}}2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=11319|page=1|date=16 January 1773}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/075-758.htm|title=75th Regiment of Foot|publisher=regiments.org|accessdate=9 May 2017|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023105022/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/075-758.htm|archivedate=23 October 2007|df=dmy-all}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kingsownmuseum.com/cor-morrison.htm|title=General George Morrison|publisher=King's Own Royal Regiment Museum|accessdate=2 July 2016}} 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=13892|page=459|date=14 May 1796}} |-{{s-bef|before=Lt-Gen. Sir John Burgoyne}}{{s-ttl|title= Colonel of the 4th (The King's Own) Regiment of Foot|years= 1792–1799}}{{s-aft|after= Gen. John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham}} |-{{s-bef|before=Brig-Gen. Hon Robert Monckton}}{{s-ttl|title= Colonel of the 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot|years= 1782–1792}}{{s-aft|after= Major-Gen. George Garth}} |-{{s-bef|before=Gen. William Picton}}{{s-ttl|title= Colonel of the 75th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Regiment)|years= 1779–1782}}{{s-aft|after= Major-Gen. Thomas Pelham-Clinton, 3rd Duke of Newcastle}} |-{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Morrison, George}} 4 : 1703 births|1799 deaths|British Army generals|Royal Leicestershire Regiment officers |
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