- 3rd Earl Ludlow
- Veteran of American Revolutionary War
- Veteran of French Revolutionary War
- Veteran of Napoleonic Wars
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
- Equerry to the Prince of Wales
- Lieutenant-Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed
General George James Ludlow, 3rd Earl Ludlow was born 12 December 1758 in England, United Kingdom to Peter Ludlow (1730-1803) and Frances Lumley-Saunderson (1729-1796) and died 16 April 1842 Cople Hall, Cople, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes.
General George James Ludlow, 3rd Earl Ludlow GCB was a British peer and soldier.
Military service
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Ludlow depicted (center of three) watching over the mortally wounded Sir Ralph Abercromby at the Battle of Alexandria
Ludlow served in the British Army as a captain during the American Revolutionary War. Following the British surrender at Yorktown, he was held as a prisoner of war (POW) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In May 1782, he was one of 13 POWs forced to draw lots to determine which one should be executed in retaliation for the execution of a patriot captain by loyalists, in what became known as the Asgill Affair.[1] He rose to Colonel of the 1st Foot Guards 21 August 1795, and Major General 18 June 1798. In 1801 he served under Abercromby and Hely-Hutchinson in the Egyptian Campaign commanding the Guards Brigade, seeing action at Aboukir, and Alexandria (Canope). He was made Lieutenant General on 30 October 1805. In August 1807 he commanded the 3rd Division in the Copenhagen Campaign under Lord Cathcart. Ludlow was promoted General in June 1814.
He was a Regimental Colonel in turn of the 96th Regiment of Foot, the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot and the Scots Fusiliers.[2][3]
Family and peerage
Ludlow was the younger son of Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow, by Lady Frances, daughter of Thomas Lumley-Saunderson, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough. Ludlow succeeded his elder brother Augustus in the earldom in 1811. As this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords. However, in 1831 he was created Baron Ludlow in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which enabled him to take a seat in the upper chamber of parliament.[4]
Lord Ludlow died in April 1842, aged 83. He was unmarried and all his titles became extinct on his death.[2]
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Augustus Ludlow (1755-1811) | 1 January 1755 England, United Kingdom | 7 November 1811 Cople, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| George James Ludlow (1758-1842) | 12 December 1758 England, United Kingdom | 16 April 1842 Cople Hall, Cople, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| Anne Barbara Ludlow (1760-1823) | |||
| Frances Maria (1760-1804) | |||
| Harriet Ludlow (1764-1833) | |||
| Charlotte Ludlow (1766-1831) | |||
Residences
Notable Ancestors
Ludlow Family Ancestry
- George Ludlow (1504-1543), married to Edith Windsor (1515-1613)
- Edward I of England (1239-1307) - King of England, m. Eleanor of Castile (1202-1244) - See Plantagenet Family Line for a continuation of his ancestry.
- William I, King of England (1027-1087) - (aka: William the Conqueror) - In 1066 became first Norman king of England.
- Emporer Charlemagne (747-814) - King of the Franks and from 800 the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier.
See Also
- George Ludlow
- Ludlow Family
- Ludlow in England
- Ludlow Baronets
External Links
- wikipedia:en:George Ludlow, 3rd Earl Ludlow
- General George James Ludlow, 3rd Earl Ludlow at thePeerage
- General George James Ludlow, 3rd Earl Ludlow GCB, Geni.com, https://www.geni.com/people/General-George-James-Ludlow-3rd-Earl-Ludlow-GCB/6000000027014051215, retrieved 08 Dec 2023
Succession Table
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| New title | Colonel of the 96th Regiment of Foot 1804–1805 |
Succeeded by Sir George Don |
| Preceded by James Rooke |
Colonel of the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot 1805–1836 |
Succeeded by Hon. Sir Charles James Greville |
| Preceded by The Duke of Gordon |
Colonel of the Scots Fusilier Guards 1836–1842 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Saxony |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by Augustus Ludlow |
Earl Ludlow 1811–1842 |
Extinct |
| Preceded by Augustus Ludlow |
Viscount Preston 1811–1842 |
Extinct |
| Preceded by Augustus Ludlow |
Baron Ludlow 1811–1842 |
Extinct |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Ludlow 1831–1842 |
Extinct |
References
- ^ Graham, James John (1862). Memoir of General Graham: with notices of the campaigns in which he was engaged from 1779 to 1801. Edinburgh: R. & R. Clark. p. 87. https://archive.org/details/memoirgeneralgr00grahgoog/page/n132/mode/2up.
- ^ a b Courthope, William (editor).Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Twenty-Second Edition. London: J. G. & F. Rivington, 1838.
- ^ , 7 June 1836.
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- ^ , 9 September 1831.
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