Field Marshal Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet, was a British Army officer. After serving as a junior officer in the American Revolutionary War, he fought with the Coldstream Guards under the Duke of York during the Flanders Campaign. He then commanded the Buckinghamshire Volunteers in the actions of St. Andria and Thuyl on the river Waal and participated in the disastrous retreat from the Rhine. He went on to be commander of the northern district of Ireland, in which post he played an important part in preventing the outbreak of unrest in Belfast during the Irish Rebellion, and then became Adjutant-General in Ireland. He went on to be Governor of Jamaica, commander of the Western District in England, commander of the Kent District in England and finally Commander-in-Chief, India.
- Occupation
- politician, military officer
- Position held
- member of the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland, Governor of Jamaica, member of the 10th Parliament of the United Kingdom
