George Ashley Maude

Colonel Sir George Ashley Maude, KCB (11 November 1817 – 31 May 1894) was a British army officer and Crown Equerry to Queen Victoria.

Not to be confused with James Ashley Maude.

Colonel Sir George Ashley Maude.

Eiography

Born in 1817, he was the son of the Rev. Hon. John Charles Maude, of Enniskillen, Ireland, and Mary, daughter of William Cely Trevilian. His paternal grandparents were Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden, and his third wife, Anne Isabella Monck, sister of Charles Monck, 1st Viscount Monck.[1]

Maude was educated at Sherborne School and entered the Royal Horse Artillery in 1834, which he later commanded as Colonel. He served in the battles of Alma and Balaklava, and took part in the Siege of Sebastopol.[2]

As Lieutenant-Colonel, he was military assistant to the British mission attending the coronation of Tsar Alexander II of Russia in 1856, which was led by Lord Granville. He was Deputy-Inspector to the Royal Irish Constabulary from 1858 to 1859, and was appointed Crown Equerry of the Royal Mews in the Royal Household in 1859.

He received the Queen Victoria version of the Royal Household Long and Faithful Service Medal in 1884 for 25 years of service to the British royal family, with a bar for 10 additional years of service in 1894, the year of his retirement. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1887.

Family

In 1845 Maude married Katherine Katinka Beauclerk, youngest daughter of Charles Beauclerk, of St Leonard's Lodge, Horsham, Sussex.[3] Through her father, Katherine was the granddaughter of Lady Diana Beauclerk, daughter of the Duke of Marlborough].

Maude and his wife had six children:

  • Emily Diana Frances Maude (1846−1926), who married Jonathan Peel Baird, son of Sir David Baird, 2nd Baronet
  • Charles John Maude (1847−1910), who married Sarah Maria Pell, daughter of Sir Watkin Owen Pell
  • 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 Cinque Ports, who married Ellen Maud Kelk, daughter of Sir John Kelk, 1st Baronet

References
  1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1826. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. "The Sherborne Register 1550-1950" (PDF). Old Shirbirnian Society. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. "The Gentlemans' Magazine, Volume XXIII, 1845". 1845. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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