George Whitmore (British Army officer)
- George Whitmore (British Army officer)
Sir George Whitmore, K.C.H. (12 May 1775, Lower Slaughter - 19 November 1862, Amiens) was a British Army officer. He was the son of George Whitmore (1739-94) and Mary Walls (1744-?). He headed the Royal Engineers detachment on Malta as its Colonel Commandant between 1811 and 1829. There he became a great friend of the governor Sir Thomas Maitland and designed the military hospital at the Villa Bighi in conjunction with Vice Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm. He later became a major general.
He married Cordelia Ainslie (1780 - 19 December 1857) on 16 January 1798. Their daughter Cordelia Winifreda married Captain Montagu Stopford, RN, on 25 August 1827. Their grandson, Sir George Stoddart Whitmore (1829–1903), was born on Malta to Lieutenant (later Major) George St Vincent Whitmore RE and to the chief justice of Malta, Sir John Stoddart's, daughter. He later became an army officer and police officer in New Zealand.
Works
* [http://www.amazon.co.uk/General-Memoirs-Sir-George-Whitmore/dp/086299277X "The General: Travel Memoirs"]
External links
* [http://www.mcst.org.mt/page.aspx?id=53 Villa Bighi]
* [http://www.astreatfeild.freeserve.co.uk/familytre/pafg08.htm Family history]
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