Draft:Colonel George Greenwood (1799-1875)
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Colonel George Greenwood was the son of William Greenwood of Brookwood and Christiana Smith. Born in 1799 he grew up at the family seat of Brookwood (now Brockwood) Park, in the parish of Bramdean and Hinton Ampner, Hampshire.[1]
Colonel Greenwood commanded the 2nd Life Guards during his military career, and later rode alongside the carriage of Queen Victoria during her coronation. He served as the Silver Stick in Waiting to William IV, and during his life, was described as “the best breaker in of horses of his day”. An amateur geologist and botanist, Colonel Greenwood published his first book ”Hints on Horsemanship” in 1839,in 1844 he published “The Tree Lifter”, and later in 1857, his third work was published called “Rain and Rivers”.[2]
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[edit]- ^ Cambridge, University Press (1875). "Obituary, Colonel George Greenwood" (PDF). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Stoddart, D. R. (September 1960). "Colonel George Greenwood: The father of modern Subaerialism". Scottish Geographical Magazine. 76 (2): 108–110. doi:10.1080/00369226008735792. ISSN 0036-9225.