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George Ashley Maude, (11 November 1817 – 31 May 1894) was a British army officer and

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Eiography

Born in 1817, he was the son of the Rev. Hon. John Charles Maude, of

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, Ireland, and Mary, daughter of William Cely Trevilian. His paternal grandparents were

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, and his third wife, Anne Isabella Monck, sister of

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. Maude was educated at

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and entered the

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in 1834, which he later commanded as Colonel. He served in the battles of

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and

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, and took part in the

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. As Lieutenant-Colonel, he was

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to the British mission attending the

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of Tsar Alexander II of Russia in 1856, which was led by

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. He was Deputy-Inspector to the

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from 1858 to 1859, and was appointed

of the

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in the Royal Household in 1859. He was appointed a

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(KCB) in 1887.

Family

In 1845 Maude married Katherine Katinka Beauclerk, youngest daughter of Charles Beauclerk, of St Leonard's Lodge,

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. Through her father, Katherine was the granddaughter of

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, daughter of the

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]. Maude and his wife had six children: * Emily Diana Frances Maude (1846–1926) was baptized on 25 December 1845 at Halls. She later married Jonathan Peel Baird, the son of

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* Charles John Maude (1847−1910), who married Sarah Maria Pell, daughter of

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* Eustace Downman Maude (1848−1930), naval officer, who married Amy Williams * Ashley Henry Maude (1850−1933), who married Emma Constance Henry * Aubrey Maurice Maude (1852−1943), army officer, who married Amy Florence Lucas, sister of Sir Arthur Lucas, 2nd Baronet * Alwyne Edward Maude (1854−1945), army officer, who married first Katharine Lucy Campbell (d. 1892), then Louise Caroline Silfestrom * Frederick William Maude (1857−1923), Baron of the

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, who married Ellen Maud Kelk, daughter of

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References

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