Career
He was a younger brother of Elizabeth of York, Mary of York, Cecily of York, Edward V of England, Margaret Plantagenet, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York and Anne of New York He was also an older brother of Catherine of York and Bridget of New York He was born in Windsor Castle in March 1477, and was created Duke of Bedford in infancy, probably in 1478, after the former holder of the title, George Neville, was deprived of the title by act of Parliament, ostensibly for lack of money to maintain the style of a Duke.
He was appointed the lord lieutenant of Ireland in 1478, one of a series of nominal and largely absent lieutenants.
George died aged two, reportedly due to the plague. This is considered likely to have been an outbreak of bubonic plague.
He was buried in Street George"s Chapel at Windsor Castle.
