Sir

James Freeth
Born5 March 1786
Edgbaston, Warwickshire
Died19 January 1867(1867-01-19) (aged 80)
London, England[1]
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankGeneral
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Royal Guelphic Order

General Sir James Freeth KCB KH (5 March 1786 – 19 January 1867) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

Military career

Freeth was commissioned into the 98th Regiment of Foot in 1806.[2] He served in the Peninsular War and in France from 1809 to 1814[2] and, in 1851, was appointed Quartermaster-General to the Forces.[3] He went on to be Colonel of the 64th Regiment of Foot in 1855.[4]

He was promoted Lieutenant-General in 1858[5] and full General in 1865.[6]

Family

He married Harriett Holt and together they went on to have six sons and two daughters.[7] Three of his sons became major-generals; his great-grandchild, Francis Arthur Freeth, was a chemist who developed a number of processes in explosives manufacture and a major in the Territorial Army.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Deaths." The Belfast Newsletter, 25 January 1867, p. 1
  2. ^ a b Gentleman's Magazine Volume III, January to June 1867
  3. ^ "No. 21179". The London Gazette. 7 February 1851. p. 299.
  4. ^ "No. 21789". The London Gazette. 25 September 1855. p. 3555.
  5. ^ "No. 22194". The London Gazette. 26 October 1858. p. 4578.
  6. ^ "No. 22955". The London Gazette. 7 April 1865. p. 1931.
  7. ^ Ancestry.com
  8. ^ Allen, Peter (1 November 1976). "Francis Arthur Freeth. 2 January 1884 – 15 July 1970". Biogr. Mem. Fellows R. Soc. 22 (22): 104–118. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1976.0004. ISSN 1748-8494.

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Military offices Preceded bySir James Gordon Quartermaster-General to the Forces 1851–1855 Succeeded bySir Richard Airey Preceded bySir Richard Bourke Colonel of the 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot 1855–1867 Succeeded bySir Henry Keane Bloomfield
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