Sir George Bourchier, KCB Maj-General RHA[1]
1821 - 1898 (77 years)
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Name George Bourchier Prefix Sir Suffix KCB Maj-General RHA Birth 1821 [2] Gender Male Death 15 Mar 1898 St Margaret's,,Isleworth,Middlesex,England 
[3] Person ID I1432 My Genealogy Last Modified 12 Apr 2020 | Edit
Father Edward Bourchier, M. A. Mother Harriet Jenner Marriage 7 Feb 1804 [4] - _HTITL: Husband
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Family ID F460 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Georgina Clementson Lough, b. 8 Sep 1834, London,Middlesex,England., d. 2 Mar 1868, Calcutta,India., (Age 33 years) Marriage 16 Jul 1853 Parish church of St Marylebone,London, [1] - _HTITL: Husband
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Children 1. George Lough Bourchier, b. 29 Jul 1854, Meerut,India d. 25 Jan 1942, Ottawa,,Ontario,Canada (Age 87 years)2. Edward Herbert Bourchier, b. 24 Nov 1856 3. Ina Maude Mary Bourchier, b. 21 Apr 1859 4. Mary Blanche Bourchier, b. 13 Aug 1861 d. Young 5. Arthur Charles Frances Clementson Bourchier, b. 1864 Family ID F453 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Mar 2020 | Edit
Family 2 Margaret Murchison Bartleman Marriage 23 May 1872 Shillong,Bengal,India - _HTITL: Husband
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Family ID F462 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Mar 2020 | Edit
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Notes - John Lough and Elizabeth Merson say that he was promoted for Gallantry during the Crimean War, attributed to his father in law John Graham Lough in an article in the Newcastle Daily Chronicle. Other sources do not record any service in the Crimea. but only in India.
From John Gough Nichols, "«i»The Herald and Genealogist«/i»" (Vol 8, 1874. Accessed at Google Books), p 370-371
"Sir George Bourchier, K.C.B. Maj-General R.H.A., who served in the Gwalior campaign of1843-4, and at the battle of Punniar, for which he received the Bronze Star. During the Indian Mutiny he commanded a field-battery, and was at the actions of Trimmooghat, the siege of Delhi, the relief of Lucknow, and the defeat of the Gwalior Contingent at Cawnpore. His services were repeatedly named in despatches, and he is author of a touching and deeply interesting narrative of the dreadful scenes of this terrible insurrection, entitled «i»Eight Months' Campaign against the Bengal Sepoy Army during the Mutiny of 1857«/i» (London 1858) he commanded the late (1872) Looshai expedition, and by his able, active, and vigorous generalship contributed to its successful termination. He married July 10, 1853, Georgina Clemtson, youger daughter of John Graham Lough, the celebrated sculptor, and by her , who died at Calcutta, 2 March 1868, had issue, 1. George Lough; 2. Edward Herbert; 3. Ina Maude Mary; 4. Mary Bla
From the Dictionary of Indian Biography:
Bourchier, Sir George (1821-1898)
Son of Rev. Edward Bourchier: educated at Addidsombe: entered the Bengal Artillery, 1838: at Punniar: in the mutiny commanded a battery at Trimmu Gat: at the siege and capture of Delhi: at Bulandsharh, Alighar, Agra, Sir Colin Campbell's relief of Lucknow, at Cawnpur: Brevet Colonel and C.B.: commanded the R.A. in Bhutan, 1864-6: commanded the E. frontier district, 1871, and the Cachar column in the Lushai expedition, 1871-2: K.C.B., 1852: Maj. General: died March 15, 1898
- John Lough and Elizabeth Merson say that he was promoted for Gallantry during the Crimean War, attributed to his father in law John Graham Lough in an article in the Newcastle Daily Chronicle. Other sources do not record any service in the Crimea. but only in India.
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Sources - [S117] London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932, (Ancestry.com), Westminster, St Marylebone, 1850-1854, marriage George Bourchier and Georgina Lough (Reliability: 3).
- [S1283] John Lough and Elizabeth Merson, John Graham Lough 1798-1876 A Northumbrian Sculptor, (Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 1987.), Page 43. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1146] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, ([database on-line]. Ancestry.ca), Bourchier, Sir George (Reliability: 3).
- [S1289] John Gough Nichols F.S.A., editor, The Herald and Genealogist, (Westminster: R.C. Nichols and J.B. Nichols, 1874.), pp. 370-371. (Reliability: 3).
- [S117] London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932, (Ancestry.com), Westminster, St Marylebone, 1850-1854, marriage George Bourchier and Georgina Lough (Reliability: 3).