George Augustus Quentin

George Quentin was born in 1760, and was the eldest son of George Quentin of Göttingen.[1]

Quentin served seven years in the Hanoverian Garde du Corps, prior to entering the British Army. He was appointed cornet in the 10th Light Dragoons in 1793. Subsequent promotions followed to lieutenant (1 October 1794); captain (17 May 1796); major (14 February 1805) and Lieutenant-Colonel on 13 October 1808.[3] He served in the Peninsular War under Sir John Moore from 11 November 1808 to 16 June 1809, at the battles of Benavente and Corunna; also in Spain, under the Duke of Wellington, in 1813 and 1814, where he received a gold medal and one clasp for his conduct in command of the 10th Hussars at the battles of Orthes and the Toulouse. He received the brevet rank of Colonel on 4 June 1814[3] and in 1815 served under Wellington in Flanders, and at Waterloo, where he was severely wounded. He was promoted to lieutenant-general in 1838. [1][4]

Quinten was created a Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1815 and Knight Bachelor in 1821. He was aide-de-camp to the Prince Regent from 1811 to 1825, when he was appointed Equerry to the Crown Stables.[1] He died on 7 December 1851 aged 91.[4]

On 17 October 1814, Quentin was court-martialed on multiple counts of dereliction of duty during the Peninsular War.[3] At the trial it became apparent that the charges had been invented by the officers of his regiment in retaliation for Quentin's attempt to impose discipline on the "aristocratic rabble" under his command.[5] The trial lasted two weeks at the end of which the court decided that Quentin should "be reprimanded in such manner as his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief shall be pleased to direct." [6]

In 1811 Quentin married —— the daughter of James Lawrell of Eastwich Park, and of Frimley Park, Surrey.[1]

• NPG staff (18 August 2014), George Augustus Quentin, National Portrait Gallery, retrieved 18 August 2014
• Philippart, John (1820). The Royal Military Calendar or Army Service and Commission Book. IV.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Quentin, Sir George Augustus; Gurney (1814). The Trial of Colonel Quentin: Of the Tenth, Or, Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Hussars, by a General Court-martial, Held at Whitehall, on Monday, the 17th of October, 1814 ; and Continued, by Adjournment, Till Monday, the 31st of October, 1814. Gale, Curtis, and Fenner.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Reid, Stuart (2013). Wellington's Army in the Peninsula 1809-14. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-0155-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Urban, Sylvanus, ed. (1852), "Obituary", The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., New, 37, Edward Cave, p. 190

Attribution

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Dodd, Charles R. (1846), The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All The Titled Classes, p. 330

• Quentin, George Augustus (1814), Gurney, William Brodie (ed.), The trial of colonel Quentin ... by a general court-martial, taken in short-hand by W.B. Gurney (2 ed.), London: Gale Curtis and Fenner