Died 19 January 1867 Name James Freeth Rank General | Service/branch British Army Allegiance United Kingdom | |
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Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Royal Guelphic Order | ||
General Sir James Freeth KCB KH (1786 – 19 January 1867) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.
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Military career
Freeth was commissioned into the 98th Regiment of Foot in 1806. He served in the Peninsular War and in France from 1809 to 1814 and, in 1851, was appointed Quartermaster-General to the Forces. He went on to be Colonel of the 64th Regiment of Foot in 1855.
He was promoted Lieutenant-General in 1858 and full General in 1865.
Family
He married Harriett Holt and together they went on to have six sons and two daughters. 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.
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