Background
He was the son of George Whitmore (1739-1794) and Mary Walls (1744-?). He headed the Royal Engineers detachment on Malta as its Colonel Commandant between 1811 and 1829.
He was the son of George Whitmore (1739-1794) and Mary Walls (1744-?). He headed the Royal Engineers detachment on Malta as its Colonel Commandant between 1811 and 1829.
When Sir Thomas Maitland was high commissioner of the Ionian Islands, he designed the Palace of Saint Michael and Saint George in Corfu City. He later became a major general. Their daughter Cordelia Winifreda married Captain Montagu Stopford, Registered Nurse, on 25 August 1827.
Their grandson, Sir George Stoddart Whitmore (1829–1903), was born on Malta to Lieutenant (later Major) George Street Vincent Whitmore Revue Economique and to the chief justice of Malta, Sir John Stoddart"s, daughter.
He later became an army officer and police officer in New Zealand.