Facts:   - caption: portrait of sir george howard circa 1760    - battles: war ' war of the austrian succession jacobite rebellion seven years    - death date: 16 july 1796 -lrb- aged 78 -rrb-    - allegiance: kingdom of great britain    - commands: 3rd regiment of foot      - placeofburial: great bookham , surrey    - awards: knight companion of the order of the bath    - birth date: 17 june 1718    - serviceyears: 1736 & ndash ; 1796    - name: sir george howard    - branch: united kingdom    - image: sir george howard.jpg    - death place: grosvenor square , london    - rank: field marshal   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of george howard -lrb- british army officer -rrb- .
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field marshal sir george howard kb , pc -lrb- 17 june 1718 -- 16 july 1796 -rrb- was a british military officer and politician .after commanding the 3rd regiment of foot at the battle of fontenoy in may 1745 during the war of the austrian succession and after commanding that regiment again at the battle of falkirk muir and the battle of culloden during the jacobite rebellion , he returned to the continent and fought at the battle of lauffeld .he went on to command a brigade at the battle of warburg during the seven years ' war .he subsequently became the governor of minorca .