George Upton, 3rd Viscount Templetown

Who was George Upton, 3rd Viscount Templetown?

General George Frederick Upton, 3rd Viscount Templetown CB, styled The Honourable George Upton until 1863, was an Irish soldier and politician.

Upton was the son of John Upton, 1st Viscount Templetown. He was a general in the British Army and was made a Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1856 and awarded the Order of the Medjidie in 1858. In 1859 he was returned to parliament for County Antrim, a seat he held until 1863, when he succeeded his childless elder brother in the viscountcy. In 1866 he was elected an Irish Representative Peer.

Lord Templetown died in January 1890, aged 87, and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his nephew, Henry.