Frederick Love Explained

Frederick Love should not be confused with Fredrick Love.

Honorific Prefix:Sir
Frederick Love
Birth Date:1789
Death Date:13 January 1866
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Branch: British Army
Rank:General
Battles:Peninsular War
Hundred Days
Awards:Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order

General Sir James Frederick Love (1789  - 13 January 1866) was a British Army officer who served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

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.

Family

In 1825 he married Mary Heaviside; they had no children.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17040 James Frederick Love at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. Web site: 57th (the West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot . regiments.org . 17 July 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20061201151140/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/057-757.htm . 1 December 2006 .
  3. Web site: 43rd (the Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) . regiments.org . 8 July 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20061229235105/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/043-751.htm . 29 December 2006 .
  4. Web site: Famous Canadian Women . 23 May 2011 . 10 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110710224115/http://www.famouscanadianwomen.com/famous%20firsts/artists.htm . dead .