Sir George Walker, 1st Baronet.

About Sir George Walker, 1st Baronet

General Sir George Townshend Walker, 1st Baronet, was a British Army officer. He joined the army in 1782, serving with the 36th Regiment of Foot in India in 1784 and as aide de camp to General Thomas Bruce in Ireland in 1787. After being promoted to captain lieutenant, Walker studied in Germany until he was promoted to captain in the 60th Regiment of Foot in 1791. When Britain became involved in the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793, he took a force of volunteers to reinforce the Flanders campaign, where he fought at the Battle of Tournay. While on the continent he helped form Roll's Regiment for British service. He took it to England in 1796, and having been promoted to major he went to serve in Portugal in 1797. Here Walker again served as an aide de camp, to at first Major-General Simon Fraser and then the Prince of Waldeck.