Born at Ronaldskirk, Yorkshire, on the 9th of August 1831, the son of Barrington Price and his wife, Mary, daughter of Edward Thornhill, Esq.
A brother, Edward, became a General in the Royal Artillery in 1881.
1841 Census
St Peter's Street, St Albans.
George Cole, 25, clergyman.
George Price, 10.
Barrington Price, 2.
Harby Price, 9 months.
1851 Census
South Street, St Peter, Dorchester.
William Barnes, Head of School, Curate of Whitcomb.
Barrington Price, 15, scholar, born Dartmouth.
George B. Price, 11 [sic], scholar, born Romaldkirk
[Note: Dartmouth ties in with the 1911 Census, see below. But their relative ages do not.]
Cornet in the 15th Hussars: 17th of May 1850.
Lieutenant: 15th of March 1853.
On to half-pay (Unattached, following the Reduction of the Regiment on its return from India): 21st of August 1854.
Lieutenant in the 11th Hussars: 29th of December 1854.
Captain (Unattached, and on to half-pay): 1st of August 1856.
Captain in the 2nd Dragoons: 9th of October 1857.
Retired, by the sale of his commission, on the 13th of June 1864.
Lieutenant Price served the Eastern campaign from the 18th of August 1855, including the battle of the Tchernya and the Siege and fall of Sebastopol. (Medal and Clasps.)
Served also in the East Indies from the 31st of December 1850 to February of 1853 in the 15th Hussars.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.
1881 Census
Queens Hotel, Hereford Street, Coventry.
George Barrington Price, visitor, 49, Captain 2nd Dragoons, born Romaldkirk [Yorkshire].
1891 Census
George B. Price, 59, late Capt 2nd Dragoons, born Romaldkirk
Frances J. Price, 55, born Abbeyline, Ireland.
Two servants are also shown.
1901 Census
1, Beach Mansions, Portsmouth.
George B. Price, married, aged 69, late captain, 2nd Dragoons Army Officer, born Romaldkirk.
Frances J. Price, 65, living on own means, born Ireland.
Died at Portland House, Botley, near Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, on the 22nd of January 1910, aged 78 years.
Death registered
George B. Price, aged 78, March Quarter 1910, S. Stoneham.
In his will he left his personal estate of £2,269 to a Barrington Price, Gent.
EJB speculated that Barrington Price might be George Price's son, but Chris Poole has established that he might have been a younger brother (born about 1839 or 1840).
The age of "Barrington Price" in the 1901 Census, and also his date of death, is consistent with the man of the same name in the 1841 Census. And their birthplace (Dartmouth) is the same in both 1851 and 1911.
On the other hand, their ages 1851/1911 are completely inconsistent — Barrington appears to be older than George in 1851. And besides, the "George B. Price" described as a "Scholar", aged 11, in the 1851 Census could not be Cornet George Price, who was already in the 11th Hussars.
1911 Census
Grand Parade Hotel, Portsmouth.
Frances Isabella Price, boarder, 76, widow, private means, Abbeyline, Ireland.
Barrington Price, boarder, 70, single, private means, born Dartmouth.
Death registered
Barrington Price, aged 72, June Quarter 1913, Portsmouth.
Death registered
France I. Price [wife], aged 92, March Quarter 1929, Portsmouth.
Thanks are due to Chris Poole, who has kindly undertaken a considerable number of searches to attempt to elucidate George Price's family history, including Censuses 1841-1911, and death and marriage registrations.