What is George Gawler?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = <small>[[Lieutenant Colonel]]</small> |name = George Gawler |honorific-suffix = <small>[[Royal Guelphic Order|KH]]</small> |image = George Gawler.jpg |imagesize = 240px |order = 2nd [[Governor of South Australia]] |term_start = |term_end = |monarch = |predecessor = [[John Hindmarsh]] |successor = [[George Grey]] |birth_date = 21 July 1795 |birth_place = |death_date = 7 May 1869 |death_place = Southsea |restingplace = Portsmouth |spouse = Maria |occupation = Army officer, Colonial administrator |signature = |signature_alt = <!--Military service--> |nickname = |allegiance = [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] (1793-1801)<br/>[[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] (1801-1846) |branch = {{army|United Kingdom}} |serviceyears = |rank = |unit = |commands = |battles = |awards = [[Royal Guelphic Order|Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order]] }} Lieutenant-Colonel '''George Gawler''', [[Royal Guelphic Order|KH]], (21 July 1795 – 7 May 1869) was the second governor of [[South Australia]]; from 17 October 1838 until 15 May 1841. ==Biography== Gawler was the only child of Captain Samuel Gawler and his wife Julia, née Russell. Gawler's father was a captain in the [[73rd Regiment of Foot]], and he was killed in [[Mysore]], [[India]] in December 1804. The Gawler family came from [[Devon]]. George Gawler was educated by a private teacher, then at a school in Cold Bath, [[Islington]],.<ref name=dict/> He spent two years at the military college in [[Great Marlow]]. In October 1810 Gawler joined [[52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot]] as an ensign and in January 1812 he went to the [[Peninsular War]]. At [[Badajoz]], Gawler was wounded during a charge, but he was saved from death by a soldier who lost