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| − | [[ | + | Son of [[family::William Lovelace]] of [[location::Hurst, Berkshire]]; he inherited the Lovelace barony from his cousin [[family::John Lovelace]] in 1693. He was commissioned as an officer in the [[organisations::Life Guards]] in 1699, and was appointed [[occupation::Governor]] of [[location::New York]] in 1708, where he died shortly afterwards. |
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John LOVELACE, 4th Baron Lovelace d.1709
Biographical Note
Son of William Lovelace of Hurst, Berkshire; he inherited the Lovelace barony from his cousin John Lovelace in 1693. He was commissioned as an officer in the Life Guards in 1699, and was appointed Governor of New York in 1708, where he died shortly afterwards.
Books
Lovelace used an engraved armorial bookplate dated 1704; the extent and disposition of his library is not known.
Sources
- "Lovelace, John, fourth Baron Lovelace (d. 1709), army officer and colonial administrator." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.*87.