(1735 - 1801) of Stockport and Poynton, Ches, o. s. of Edward Warren; army officer, ensign 1755, lt. 1756, ret. 1758; MP 1758 - 84, 1786 - 96; m. 1 1758 Jane Revel (d. 1761), 2 1764 Frances Bisshopp; KB 1761.
1783 - 4 Turin (by 26 Oct. 1783), Genoa (Oct.), Florence (by 30 Nov. - 5 Dec.), Rome (by 21 Dec. 1783), Naples (by 16 Jan. - 7 Feb. 1784 - ), Rome (by 12 - 24 Apr. - ), Bologna (by 13 May), Venice (by 18 May), Milan (by 5 Jun.)
Sir George, 'a good hearty Englishman', and his Lady, who was considered 'proud & consequential',1 made a brief tour of Italy which began at Turin in October 1783. They were presented at Court on the 26th with the Asshetons and Thomas Pitt (c.1758 - after 1809),2 and by the end of the month they were at Genoa.3 They passed through Florence late in November and by 21 December they had reached Rome, where Lady Warren introduced Mary Berry to Cardinal de Bernis.4 Dr Parkinson (whose tour largely coincided with their own) noted that her scent upset the Roman ladies, and then at Naples she was boasting of her acquaintance with the Prince of Wales.4 On 30 January the Warrens visited Pompeii with the Berrys and on 7 February they went together to Caserta. The Warrens were back in Rome by 12 April when they attended a dinner given by the Venetian ambassador.5 On 21 April they dined in Rome with Lady Elizabeth Foster, the Berrys, Jonas Brooke and Parkinson and many of them joined a party to Tivoli three days later. On 13 May they were in Bologna and five days later in Venice; on 5 June they were in Milan, staying at the Auberge Imperiale.
1. Parkinson jnl.MSS (4 Feb. 1784. See also 13, 20 Jan., 21 Apr., 13, 18 May and 5 Jun.). 2. AST cf. 3. Assheton list MSS. 4. Ramsay jnl.MSS (30 Nov., 5 Dec. 1783). Berry Jnls., 1:56 - 7; see also 76, 78, 82, 84 - 5, 90, 113, 126. 5. Eg.1969, f.179.