Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley KCSI CB CMG

George Pomeroy Colley
Birthdate:	November 01, 1835
Death:	February 27, 1881 (45)
Immediate Family:	Son of George Francis Colley and Frances Trench Brother of Henry F Pomeroy Colley and Maria Esther Colley

Managed by:	Alisdair James Smyth
Last Updated:	April 27, 2022

George Pomeroy-Colley

Collection:

MyHeritage Family Trees
Site name:

Vigors/Ratcliffe/Baker Web Site
Site manager:

Gillian Vigors
Birth:

Nov 1 1835
Death:

Feb 27 1881 - Majuba, Natal, South Africa
Partner:

Edith Althea Hamilton, Baroness Allendale

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George Pomeroy-Colley

Collection:

MyHeritage Family Trees
Site name:

thePeerage.com
Site manager:

Darryl Lundy
Birth:

Nov 1 1835
Death:

Feb 27 1881 - Natal, South Africa
Wife:

Edith Althea Meade-hamilton

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George Pomeroy-Colley

Collection:

MyHeritage Family Trees
Site name:

Pekki-Parkkila Web Site
Site manager:

Antti Pekki
Birth:

Nov 1 1835
Death:

Feb 27 1881 - Majuba, Natal, South Africa
Parents:

George Francis Trench (o.s. Pomeroy Colley), Frances Pomeroy Colley (o.s. Trench)
Wife:

Edith Althea Hamilton

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George Pomeroy Colley

Collection:

MyHeritage Family Trees
Site name:

Beddy/ Buchanan/ Bosman/ von Abo/ Hockly/ Lindley/ Gradwell FamTree Web Site
Site manager:

Thomas Beddy
Birth:

Nov 1 1835
Death:

Feb 27 1881 - Majuba, Natal, South Africa
Parents:

George Francis Pomeroy Colley, Frances Pomeroy Colley (born Trench)
Wife:

Edith Althea Pomeroy Colley (born Meade-hamilton)

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George Pomeroy-Colley

Collection:

MyHeritage Family Trees
Site name:

h Web Site
Site manager:

Tim h
Birth:

Nov 1 1835 - Ireland
Death:

Feb 27 1881 - Natal, South Africa
Parents:

George Francis Pomeroy Colley, Frances Pomeroy Colley (born Trench)
Siblings:

Maria Esther Pomeroy Colley, Henry Fitzgeorge Pomeroy Colley, John Thomas Pomeroy Colley, Elizabeth Pomeroy Colley

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Major-general - Sir George Pomery-Colley

Collection:

MyHeritage Family Trees
Site name:

hurrell/cavendish stroy
Site manager:

Sharon Renfrey
Birth:

Nov 1 1835
Death:

Feb 27 1881 - Majuba Natal, South Africa
Parents:

Commander - Hon George Francis Pomeroy-colley, Frances Pomeroy-colley (born Trench)
Siblings:

Henry Fitzgeorge Pomeroy-colley, John Thomas Pomeroy-colley, Maria Esther Pomeroy-colley, Elizabeth Pomeroy-colley
Wife:

Baroness Of Allendale - Lady Edith Althea Beaumont (born Hamilton)

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George Pomeroy Colley

Collection:

MyHeritage Family Trees
Site name:

POMROY Web Site
Site manager:

Alan Pomroy
Birth:

Nov 1 1835 - Ferney, County Dublin, Ireland.
Death:

Feb 27 1881 - Majuba, Natal, South Africa
Parents:

George Francis Pomeroy, Frances Pomeroy (born Trench)
Siblings:

Henry Fitzgeorge Pomeroy Colley, John Thomas Pomeroy Colley, Elizabeth Pomeroy Colley, Maria Esther Vernon (born Pomeroy Colley)
Wife:

Edith Althea Pomeroy Colley (born Hamilton)

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The Spectator - Mar 5 1881

Collection:

Massachusetts Newspapers, 1704-1974
Text:

... General to attempt a brilliant feat of arms must have spurred Sir George Colley to the attempt on the Maj uba Mountain, for which his re...
Publication title:

The Spectator
Publication place:

Somerset, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
Date:

Mar 5 1881
Page:

4

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Avoca Mail (Vic) - Mar 4 1881

Collection:

Australian Newspapers
Text:

... from the Transvaal show that the disaster sustained by Sir G. Pomeroy-Colley's force is not- so great as was at first stated. The total ...
Publication title:

Avoca Mail (VIC)
Publication place:

Avoca, Victoria, Australia
Date:

Mar 4 1881

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Chicago Daily Tribune - Mar 1 1881

Collection:

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1791-1963
Text:

...s now beL-f wadc of dm use of music asamuanaof nlcrt’iiiloii. and that the KyrluHoulely U roady toplaceut did dlrt'o.iid of tho directors...
Publication title:

Chicago daily tribune
Publication place:

Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Date:

Mar 1 1881
Page:

5

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Mercury (Hobart, TAS) - Mar 4 1881

Collection:

Australian Newspapers
Text:

".... Sir George Pomeroy Colley was shot through the head, ' At tho Royal marriage in Berlin tho cathedral j and other public piucos wcio...
Publication:

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Date:

Mar 4 1881
Page:

3

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Geelong Advertiser (VIC) - Mar 2 1881

Collection:

Australian Newspapers
Text:

"...aheavy fire. Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley and four hundred officers and men were killed. The British, after exhausting the...
Publication:

Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date:

Mar 2 1881
Page:

3

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1835	November 1, 1835	Birth of Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley KCS...
1881	February 27, 1881 Age 45	Death of Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley KCS...

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