Career
Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, John Saint George was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery in 1828. He was decorated for his conduct during the Crimean War, where he commanded the siege train at the fall of Sevastopol in 1855. From 1859 to 1869 he was successively President of the Ordnance Committee and then Director of Ordnance at the War Office.
He was Master Gunner, Saint James"s Park, the ceremonial head of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from 1884-1891, and was appointed Colonel Commandant of the 21st and 26th (Royal Arsenal) Kent Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1864.
He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.