George Morrison (British Army officer)
George Morrison was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.Morrison joined the British Army as a gunner in 1722. He was involved in suppressing the Jacobite rising of 1745 and as a result was sent to Royal Military Academy, Woolwich as an Officer Cadet.
Morrison led the construction of a series of roads in Scotland on the orders of Field Marshal George Wade. In 1757 he was commissioned as a Captain-Lieutenant and in 1758 he served in the Seven Years' War in which he led the destruction of a number of forts in France.
In 1763 he was appointed Quartermaster-General to the Forces, although this was not gazetted until 1773, From 1779 to 1782 he was Colonel of the short-lived 75th Regiment of Foot. In 1782 he was made Colonel of the 17th Regiment of Foot and in 1792 was made Colonel of the King's Own Royal Regiment, a command he held until his death.
In 1796 he was promoted to full General.Family
He married Mary and together they had six children.
