James Freeth

Sir James Freeth
Born	1786
Died	19 January 1867
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
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.

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.

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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