WETHERALL, Sir George Augustus, British soldier, born in Penton, Hampshire, England, in 1788 ; died in Sandhurst, England, 8 April, 1868. He was the son of General Sir Frederick Wetherall, was educated in the senior department of the Royal military college, and entered the army in 1803. He served as brigade-major at the Cape of Good Hope in 1807, took part in the conquest of Java as aide-de-camp to his father, from 1822 till 1825 was military secretary to the commander-in-chief of Madras, and in 1826 was appointed deputy judge-advocate-general in India. He served in Canada during the insurrection of 1837-'8, defeated the rebels at St. Charles and Point Oliver, and for his services was made a companion of the Order of the Bath. He was deputy adjutant-general in Canada from 1843 till 1850, when he was appointed to that office at the Horse Guards, London. In 1854 he was made adjutant-general, which post he held till in 1860 he took command of the northern district. At the expiration of his services in 1865 he was appointed governor of the Royal military college at Sandhurst. He became colonel of the 84th regiment in 1854, was knighted in 1856, made a lieu-tenant-general in 1857, and a G. C. B. in 1865. In recognition of his services in suppressing the rebellion the inhabitants of Montreal presented General Wetherall with a piece of plate.