Wetherall Sir George Augustus 1788-1868 Born In Hampshire
England. Educated at Winchester and the Military College, Farnham. In
1803 joined the regiment of Nova Scotia Fencibles formed by his father,
General Sir Fred A. Wetherall. During the Rebellion of 1837-1838 in
Canada in command of the troops at Montreal, defeating the rebels at St.
Charles and Point Oliver. In 1838 promoted brevet-colonel; from 1843 to
1850 deputy-adjutant-general in Canada; adjutant-general, 1854;
lieutenant-general, 1857, and in 1860 commanded the northern district in
Great Britain. In 1865 appointed governor of the Royal Military College
at Sandhurst. =Index=: (Sir Georges E. Cartier era) At St. Charles, 7. (Louis Joseph Papineau era) Attacks rebels at St.
Charles, 129. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.