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George Luck

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General Sir George Luck, GCB (24 October 1840 – 10 December 1916) was a British Army officer.

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Military career

Luck was commissioned into the 15th Regiment of Foot in 1858.[2] He commanded the 15th Hussars during the Second Anglo-Afghan War between 1878 and 1880.[3] He became Inspector-General of Cavalry in India in 1887,[4] and Inspector-General of Cavalry in the UK in 1893. Returning to India in 1898, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Bengal Command. In early November 1902 he left India on eight months′ sick leave,[5] at the end of which he retired from the army in 1903.[6]

He was given the colonelcy of the 15th (The King's) Hussars in 1904, a position he held until his death in 1916.[7] He was promoted full general on 23 May 1906.[8]

In retirement he lived at Landford Lodge near Salisbury, Wiltshire[9] and was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower (1905–07).[10]

He married Ellen Georgina Adams; they had no children.[9]

References

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    Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2400.
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    "No. 22128". The London Gazette. 16 April 1858. p. 1908.
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    "Items of social news". New Zealand Herald. 17 December 1917. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  4. [4]
    Badsey, p. 67
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    "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36912. London. 30 October 1902. p. 10.
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    Whitaker's Almanack 1903
  7. [7]
    "No. 27751". The London Gazette. 6 January 1905. p. 151.
  8. [8]
    "No. 27918". The London Gazette. 1 June 1906. p. 3848.
  9. [9]
    Obituary, The Times, 12 December 1916
  10. [10]
    Vanity Fair, 4 December 1907
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