George Charles Garnier

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Portrait of Garnier with his dog

George Charles Garnier (19 October 1739 – October 1819) was an English apothecary who served as Apothecary General to the Army and as the High Sheriff of Hampshire.

Biography[edit]

George Charles Garnier was born on 19 October 1739 in Westminster,[1] the son of George Garnier and Frances Hopkins.[2] He was educated at Eton.[3]

Garnier served as Apothecary General to the Army, following his father's death.[2] Garnier married Margaret Miller in May 1766; they had six sons and three daughters,[2] including Thomas Garnier the Elder.[3] In 1766, he became the High Sheriff of Hampshire.[4]

Garnier died in October 1819 in Wickham, Hampshire at the age of 79.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "George Charles Garnier". Swetenham Family Tree. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Garnier, Arthur Edmund (1900). The Chronicles of the Garniers of Hampshire During Four Centuries. Norwich: Jarrold & Sons. pp. 24–26.
  3. ^ a b Baird, Rosemary (2017). "From charitable apothecary to country squire: The Garniers at Rookesbury, Hampshire" (PDF). The Georgian Group Journal. XXV: 213–236.
  4. ^ "History". Rookesbury Park. Retrieved 9 March 2024.