General Sir George Pownall Adams, KCH

Adams, Lt-Gen. Sir George Pownall KCH (1779-1856) of Bowden House. Second son of William Adams (1752-1811) and his wife Anna Maria, daughter of Richard Dacres of Leatherhead (Surrey); born 1 January 1779. Lieutenant-General in the Army; appointed a Knight Commander of the Hanoverian Order. He married 1821 Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir William Elford, 1st bt. and had issue:

1. Capt. William Elford Adams (1823-56), m. 1849 Anna Maria Bannerman (b. 1830) and had issue a daughter;
2. Rev. George Dacres Adams (b. 1824), vicar of East Budleigh (Devon), 1852-84; m. 1857 Elizabeth Agnes, daughter of Rev. R. Pattrick but died without issue?;
3. Arthur Elford Adams (b. 1826), m. 1847 Henrietta (b. 1824), daughter of William F. Bowman esq.;
4. Henry Cranstoun Adams of Lion House, Exmouth (1826-1911), m. Matilda Winslow (b. 1827), daughter of Thomas Patton esq. and had issue.

He lived at Bowden House, Totnes, which was owned by his brother. He may have inherited property at Buckland Monachorum in right of his wife.

He died at Buckland Monachorum, 1856, aged about 77.

Source: "(30) Adams of Bowden House, Totnes and Old House, Sydenham", Landed families of Britain and Ireland Blog, Nick Kingsley

Other References

• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 4