Background
Frederick Street John was born the second son of Frederick Street John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke and Lady Diana Beauclerk.
Frederick Street John was born the second son of Frederick Street John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke and Lady Diana Beauclerk.
The Honorary He rose to the rank of general during his career and saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the Second Anglo-Maratha War. He also sat briefly for the constituency of Oxford. Street John enlisted in the Army as an ensign in the 85th Regiment of Foot in 1779, at the age of 14.
He served in the Indies and the Channel Islands until 1783.
He was promoted to lieutenant in 1780, and then became a captain in the 95th Regiment of Foot in 1781. This was followed by a promotion to be major in the 104th Regiment of Foot in 1783.
In parallel to his military career, he socialised in exclusive gentlemen"s clubs: he joined Brooks"s on 17 May 1783, and the Whig Club on 6 March 1787. He continued to rise through the ranks, becoming a lieutenant-colonel in the 2nd Regiment of Foot in 1791, a colonel in 1795, and being promoted to major-general in 1798.
Street John served in Ireland in 1798 as the lieutenant of General Gerard Lake, and followed him to India when he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in the colony.
On 7 October, Kent was captured by the French privateer Confiance, under Robert Surcouf. Street John was taken prisoner and exchanged. Street John went on to take part in the Battle of Delhi in 1803, and in the siege of Agra.
He was promoted to lieutenant-general in 1805, and general in 1814.
Street John was elected to Parliament in 1818 as member for Oxford and represented the constituency until his defeat at the 1820 general election two years later. Maria Arabella Street John (25 July 1807 – ?), married Elizabeth Street John (11 July 1814 – 27 October 1846), married.
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