Aston, George, Sir, 1861-1938

LC control no.	nr 95017238
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Aston, George, Sir, 1861-1938 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Southcote, George, 1861-1938 Aston, George Grey, Sir, 1861-1938
Associated country	Great Britain
Birth date	1861-12-02
Death date	1938-12-02
Place of death	Salisbury (England)
Affiliation	Great Britain. Royal Marine Artillery Order of the Bath
Profession or occupation	Marines Generals Civil service Authors
Found in	Mostly about trout, 1921: title page (by Sir George Aston (George Southcote)) preface ([signed] George Southcote, Salisbury, 1921) Letters to young fly-fishers, 1927: title page (by Sir George Aston ("George Southcote")) LC in RLIN, 5-9-95 (hdg.: Aston, George Grey, Sir, 1861-1938; usage: Sir George Aston) New York times, 3 December 1938 page 19 ([dateline] Salisbury, England, Dec. 2; Major Gen. Sir George Aston, who as an officer of the Royal Marine Artillery served as a soldier and sailor in many actions and also became an author and correspondent of The Times of London, died here today at the age of 77; served in Sudan in 1884, in South Africa, and cammanded expeditions to Ostend and Dunkirk in 1914, and the recipient of many military honors; professor of fortification at the Royal Naval College from 1896 until 1899, formerly a member of the Foreign Intelligence Committee of the Admiralty and for three years was Intelligence Officer of the Mediterranean Fleet, employed in the secretariat of the War Cabinet from 1918 until 1919, and was aide de camp to the King from 1911 until 1917; devoted the last years of his life to writing) Dreadnought Project web site, viewed 28 April 2023: George Grey Aston (Major-General Sir George Grey Aston, K.C.B., R.M.A.; 2 December, 1861-2 December, 1938; officer in the Royal Marine Artillery; appointed a Companion in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath in 1902 and appointed a Knight Commander in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath in 1913)