George Colborne Nugent

Brigadier-General George Colborne Nuget
Vanity Fair caricature by Spy (Leslie Ward), 12 August 1897.
Born	22 February 1864
Died	31 May 1915 (Killed in Action) Western Front
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1885 - 1915
Rank	Brigadier-General
Unit	Irish Guards
Commands held	141st (5th London) Brigade
Battles/wars	Second Boer War First World War
Awards	Member of the Royal Victorian Order

Brigadier-General George Colborne Nugent, MVO (1864–1915) was a British Army officer who served on the staff during the Second Boer War, was closely involved in training the Territorial Force, and was killed in action in the Great War.

George Colborne was born on 22 February 1864, the eldest son of Sir Edmund Charles Nugent, 3rd Baronet of Waddesdon (1839–1928) and his wife Evelyn Henrietta Gascoigne. He was educated at Eton.

Nugent entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1884 and on passing out in February 1885 was commissioned as a Lieutenant into the Grenadier Guards.

Promoted to Captain in 1897, Nugent served with the 3rd Bn Grenadier Guards at Gibraltar before being appointed Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Sir Henry Colville commanding the infantry brigade at Gibraltar in March 1899.

In October 1899 Nugent and his brigadier were transferred to Cape Colony as part of the troop build-up for the Second Boer War. Colville took command of 1st (Guards) Brigade in Lord Methuen's 1st Division, with Nugent as his Aide-de-Camp.

Advancing to relieve Kimberley at the beginning of the war, Methuen attempted a night attack at Belmont on 22–23 November 1899. He sent Colville off with his brigade to assault Gun Hill: although the attack was a failure, Nugent received his first Mention in Dispatches for his work that night. He distinguished himself again at the Battle of Modder River and was present at the Battle of Magersfontein.