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George James Ludlow, 3rd Earl Ludlow, GCB (12 December 1758 – 16 April 1842) was a

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officer.

Military service

Ludlow served in the

as a captain during the

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. Following the British surrender at Yorktown, he was held as a

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(POW) in

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. 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

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captain by

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, in what became known as the Asgill Affair. 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

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. 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. 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.
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Family and peerage

Ludlow was the younger son of

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, 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

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it did not entitle him to a seat in the

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. However, in 1831 he was created Baron Ludlow in the

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, which enabled him to take a seat in the upper chamber of parliament. Lord Ludlow died in April 1842, aged 83. He was unmarried and all his titles became extinct on his death.

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