George Warde

General George Warde (?-1803) was a British Army officer.

He was the second son of John Warde Esq of Squerryes Court, Westerham, also know as General George Warde.

Warde was Commander-in-Chief in Ireland from 1791 to 1793.

Wolfe epitaph

James Wolfe received his first commission on 14 November 1741, whilst staying with George Warde at Squerryes Court. George Warde paid for an epitaph to be chiselled on a monument in the Westerham church with the words:

Whilst George in sorrow bows his laurell'd head'

'And Bids the Artist grace the Soldier dead,'

'We raise no sculptured trophy to thy name'

'Brave Youth! the fairest in the list of fame:'

'Proud of thy birth, we boast th'auspicious year,'

'Struck with thy fall, we shed a general tear;'

'With humble grief inscribe one artless stone,'

'And from thy matchless honours date our own.

External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online