Family
Garth married in 1820, Charlotte Maitland, daughter of General Frederick Maitland. They had two daughters one of whom, Charlotte Harriet Garth married Philip William Godsal of Iscoyd Park in Shropshire. Garth was grandfather of Philip Thomas Godsal the author and inventor of the Godsal anti-tank rifle. His second daughter, Selina, married Mr Frederick Lewis Scrymgeour Wedderburn. His only son, Thomas Colleton Garth, was the founder of the Garth Hunt in Berkshire.
Captain Garth died at Leamington in November 1841.
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