When George Herbert Salathiel Lovell was born on 26 March 1859, in Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, Capt. Lovell Stanhope Richard Lovell, was 32 and his mother, Matilda Jane, was 32. He married Frances Mary Green on 12 January 1889, in Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Devon, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 14 April 1901, in Wynberg, Cape Province, South Africa, at the age of 42, and was buried in Wynberg, Cape Province, South Africa.