About James Love
Lived 1789 – 1866 (aged 76–77). James Love was a British military leader.
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. He was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and saved Bristol during the riots of 1831. and Colonel of 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot from 1865 to his death.
He was promoted general on 10 August 1864.
Family In 1825, he married Mary Heaviside; they had no children.
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