Frederick Love
General Sir James Frederick Love GCB KH (1789 – 13 January 1866) was a British Army officer who served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
Sir Frederick Love | |
|---|---|
 General Sir Frederick Love | |
| Born | 1789 |
| Died | 13 January 1866 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | Peninsular War Hundred Days |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order |
Military career
Love was commissioned into the 52nd Regiment of Foot in 1804 and took part in the retreat to Corunna and the Battle of Bussaco during the Peninsular War.[1] He was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and saved Bristol during the riots of 1831.[1] He was appointed British resident at Zakynthos in 1835, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1852 and General Officer Commanding South-Eastern District in 1856 before becoming Inspector-General of Infantry in 1857.[1]
He was Colonel of the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot from 1856 to 1865[2] and Colonel of 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot from 1865 to his death.[3]
He was promoted general on 10 August 1864.[4]
Family
In 1825 he married Mary Heaviside; they had no children.[5]
References
- James Frederick Love at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- "57th (the West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 1 December 2006. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "43rd (the Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 29 December 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "No. 22887". The London Gazette. 23 August 1864. p. 4126.
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