George Warde

{{short description|British Army general}}

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| birth_date =24 November 1725

| death_date ={{death-date and age|11 March 1803|24 November 1725}}

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| placeofburial =St Mary Abchurch, London

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General George Warde (24 November 1725 – 11 March 1803) was a British Army officer. The second son of Colonel John Warde of Squerryes Court in Westerham, and Miss Frances Bristow of Micheldever.{{Cite book|last=Robertson|first=Scott|url=https://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/Vol.016%20-%201886/016-10.pdf|title=Squerryes Court, the Camp, and the Pictures.|publisher=Kent Archaeological Society|year=1886|pages=134}} He was a close childhood friend of James Wolfe, the Conqueror of Quebec. He became a colonel in the Royal Horse Guards.[https://books.google.com/books?id=8L4JB9GzSokC&pg=PA81 Visitation of England and Wales Notes, 1903 By Joseph J. Howard, Page 81] (2 April 1778 Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Horse). In 1773 he became colonel of the 14th Dragoons, then in 1791 was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, a post which earned him the rank of general in 1796.

He died in 1803 and is buried at St Mary Abchurch in London.