George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney (18 June 1782 – 21 June 1842), was a British peer.
Rodney was the eldest son of George Rodney, 2nd Baron Rodney, by Anne Harley, daughter and heiress of Thomas Harley. He succeeded his father in the barony in 1802, aged 19, inheriting Old Alresford House.
In 1804 he was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Radnorshire (succeeding his grandfather Thomas Harley), a post he held until his death in 1842.
He was appointed Colonel of the North Hampshire Militia in 1811, and held the position until he resigned in 1841.
Lord Rodney married Charlotte Georgiana Gould-Morgan, daughter of Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Baronet, in 1819. There were no children from the marriage. He died in June 1842, three days after his 60th birthday, and was buried at Old Alresford, Hampshire. His younger brother Thomas succeeded in the barony. Lady Rodney died in February 1878.
References
- The London kalendar: or, Court and city register. 1812. p. 69.
- ^ "www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk Rodney, Baron (GB, 1782)". Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- Col George Hope Lloyd-Verney, Records of the Infantry Militia Battalions of the County of Southampton from AD 1757 to 1894, London: Longmans, 1894, p. 1.
| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byThomas Harley | Lord-Lieutenant of Radnorshire 1804–1842 |
Succeeded bySir John Walsh, Bt |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded byGeorge Rodney | Baron Rodney 1802–1842 |
Succeeded byThomas James Harley-Rodney |