Herman Landon
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Early life
Herman Landon was born on 23 August 1859, the son of Mary Maria née Edgar (1829–1912)
James Landon was an Indian cotton merchant;[3] though predominantly involved in growing rather than processing, he had been responsible for setting up one of the first successful cotton mills in India, at Bharuch in Gujarat, in 1854.[4] Later in the decade he advised Ranchhodlal Chhotalal on the development of a similar mill in Ahmedabad.[5] He died in March 1879, leaving a substantial estate of eight to nine thousand pounds.[6]
Herman Landon was educated at
Military career
He then was sent to
First World War
The 3rd Brigade, part of
On his recovery in December, he was appointed Inspector of Infantry, and early in 1915 was appointed to command the
During the war, he was Mentioned in Despatches three more times.
Family
Landon married Christian Ethel Sharp (1876–1957) in 1903, and they had one daughter, Mary Christian Landon (1904–1968).[1]
Landon died in 1948 at the family home in Scottow, Norfolk.
Notes
- ^ The widow of Henry Francis Leigh (1820–1853), son of Augusta Maria Leigh née Byron (1783–1851) and Lt-Col George Leigh (1771–1845)
- ^ Supposedly the model for Gwendolen in George Eliot's Daniel Deronda.
Sources
- ^ a b c d Who Was Who.
- ^ Baptismal record, 16 February 1860. From Christ Church, Lancaster Gate: Register of baptisms (London Metropolitan Archives, P87/CTC, Item 001), p. 24, entry no. 192
- ^ a b 1861 English census. (Class: RG9; Piece: 12; Folio: 6; Page: 16; GSU roll: 542556.)
- JSTOR 2146999.
- ^ Shah, Jayalaxmi J. "A comparative analysis of two major cotton textile centres of India - Bombay and Ahmedabad". Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Geografia. 3: 87–106.
- ^ Entry for James Landon (d. 1879) in the Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England, 1881.
- ^ The Harrow School register, 1800-1911. Longmans. 1911. p. 503.
- ^ a b c d The Times obituary
- ^ "No. 28505". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 June 1911. p. 4590.
- ^ "No. 28994". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 December 1914. p. 10278.
- ^ a b c Quarterly Army List for the quarter ending 30th June 1919. London: HMSO. 1919. pp. 32.
- ^ "No. 31643". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 November 1919. p. 13878.
- ^ "No. 28945". The London Gazette. 20 October 1914. pp. 8377–8378.
"No. 29072". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 1915. pp. 1647–1649.
"No. 29422". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1915. pp. 1–6. - ^ "No. 31097". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1918. p. 82.
- ^ "No. 31688". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 December 1919. p. 15579.
- ^ "No. 31275". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 April 1919. p. 4517.
References
- Obituary in The Times, p. 7, 20 October 1948
- "LANDON, Major-Gen. Herman James Shelley", in Who Was Who (Online ed.). A & C Black. 2007.
- Dunn, Captain J. C. (1994). The war the infantry knew 1914-1919 : a chronicle of service in France and Belgium. London: Abacus. ISBN 0-349-10635-5.
- Edmonds, J. E. (1922). Military Operations: France and Belgium, 1914. Volume I: Mons, the Retreat to the Seine, the Marne and the Aisne, August — October 1914. History of the Great War. London: Macmillan and co.
- Edmonds, J. E. (1925). Military Operations: France and Belgium, 1914. Volume II: Antwerp, La Bassé, Armentières, Messines and Ypres, October — November 1914. History of the Great War. London: Macmillan and co.