George Ludlow, 3rd Earl Ludlow

General George James Ludlow, 3rd Earl Ludlow GCB (12 December 1758 – 16 April 1842), was a British peer and soldier.

Ludlow was the younger son of Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow, by Lady Frances, daughter of Thomas Lumley-Saunderson, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough.

Military service

Serving in the British Army, 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.[1][2]

He 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.[3]

Lord Ludlow died in April 1842, aged 83. He was unmarried and all his titles became extinct on his death.[1]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "No. 19389". The London Gazette. 7 June 1836. p. 1028.
  3. "No. 18846". The London Gazette. 9 September 1831. p. 1834.
Military offices
New regiment 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
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Ludlow
1831–1842		 Extinct
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