Maj. George John Whyte-Melville - I22925 - Individual Information

^{George Whyte-Melville, caricature by James Tissot, 1871}

Maj. George John Whyte-Melville ‎(I22925)‎

Prefix: Maj.
Given Names: George John
Surname: Whyte-Melville

Gender: Male Male

Birth: 19 June 1821

30 Strathkinness, Fife, Scotland
Death: 5 December 1878 ‎(Age 57)‎ nr. the White Horse, the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire

Personal Facts and Details

	Events of close relatives
Birth	19 June 1821 23 30 Strathkinness, Fife, Scotland
Occupation	between 1839 and 1849 ‎(Age 17)‎ Served with the British Army ‎(93rd Highlanders and Coldstream Guards)‎
Marriage	Hon. Charlotte Bateman-Hanbury - 7 August 1847 ‎(Age 26)‎ Note: an unhappy marriage that eventually led to a bigamous second marriage on her part; they had one daughter
Occupation	1853 ‎(Age 31)‎ Published Captain Digby Grand: an Autobiography ‎(first novel)‎
Occupation	between 1854 and 1856 ‎(Age 32)‎ Served with the Turkish irregular cavalry in the Crimea
Occupation	1858 ‎(Age 36)‎ Published The Interpreter: a Tale of the War
Occupation	1860 ‎(Age 38)‎ Published Holmby House: a Tale of Old Northamptonshire
Occupation	1873 ‎(Age 51)‎ Published The True Cross ‎(poetry)‎
Occupation	1875 ‎(Age 53)‎ Published Riding Recollections
Occupation	'Novelist and poet'; see ODNB Note: published around 26 popular novels, many about soldiering and/or hunting; second cousin once removed of Robert Louis Stevenson ‎[I22851]‎ - see: http://goo.gl/Zlswf
Death	5 December 1878 ‎(Age 57)‎ nr. the White Horse, the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire Cause of death: fall from his horse in a hunting accident

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Parents Family (F2685)
Father	Maj. John Whyte-Melville 1797 - 1883
Mother	Lady Catherine Anne Sarah Osborne 1791 - 1878
	Maj. George John Whyte-Melville 1821 - 1878

Immediate Family (F11794)
Wife	Hon. Charlotte Bateman-Hanbury 1825 - 1912
Daughter	Florence Elizabeth Whyte-Melville 1848 - 1929

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Marriage	an unhappy marriage that eventually led to a bigamous second marriage on her part; they had one daughter
Marriage	an unhappy marriage that eventually led to a bigamous second marriage on her part; they had one daughter
Occupation	published around 26 popular novels, many about soldiering and/or hunting; second cousin once removed of Robert Louis Stevenson ‎[I22851]‎ - see: http://goo.gl/Zlswf