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George Mainwaring may refer to: Captain Mainwaring, fictional character in the television sitcom Dad's Army; Sir George Mainwaring (MP, died 1628) (before 1551–1628), English politician; George Mainwaring (MP, died 1695) (c. 1642–1695), English politician; George Boulton Mainwaring (c. 1773–?), British member of parliament for Middlesex
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Captain George Mainwaring (/ ˈ m æ n ər ɪ ŋ /) is a fictional Home Guard captain, first portrayed by Arthur Lowe in the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. In the 2016 film he is played by Toby Jones and in the 2019 remake of three missing episodes he is played by Kevin McNally .
George Mainwaring and his clerks, Arthur Wilson and Frank Pike, are laying sandbags at the window. Mainwaring then receives a message saying that he can set up a LDV unit to protect Britain. He finds out more about this on the wireless, having been told by a clerk, Janet King , that Anthony Eden is about to make a Ministerial broadcast.
George was baptised on 10 December 1642 and became a merchant in Chester. On 25 April 1672, he married Elizabeth Bradshaw, daughter of a wealthy alderman of Chester, having become a councilman in the previous year. [1] Mainwaring continued as a councilman until 1676, and served as sheriff in 1672-73.
From getting stuck in a gate to upsetting the Germans, Private Frank Pike often got himself into predicaments.