Lord Edward Gleichen
Lord Edward Gleichen CMG DSO | |
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| Birth name | Albert Edward Wilfred von Gleichen |
| Born | 15 January 1863 |
| Died | 14 December 1937 |
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| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Years of service | 1881– |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Unit | Grenadier Guards |
| Commands held | 15th Infantry Brigade 37th Division |
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| Spouse(s) | Sylvia Gay Edwardes |
CMG DSO
(15 January 1863 – 14 December 1937) was a British courtier and soldier.
Early life and family history
Born as Count Albert Edward Wilfred von Gleichen, he was the only son of
Queen Victoria) and his wife, Laura Williamina (a sister of the 5th Marquess of Hertford). Lady Feodora Gleichen
, the noted sculptor, was his sister.
Gleichen's
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, shortly before her morganatic marriage to his father. Gleichen had been an hereditary estate of the Princes of Hohenlohe in Germany since 1631, and their father voluntarily used it as a comital title to place himself on the same social footing as his wife. But Edward was not entitled to any land or revenues derived from this dynastic
property.
On 15 December 1885, the
rank at the Court of St James's, and henceforth they were known as TSH Prince and Princess Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. But the Queen did not extend that privilege to their children, although she confirmed use of their German style as count and countesses. On 12 June 1913 Edward was granted precedence before marquesses in the peerage of England (while his sisters were granted precedence before the daughters of dukes in the English peerage).[1]
Career
Gleichen served as a
Department of Information from 1917 to 1918. He served as Chairman of the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names
from 1919.
At
King Edward VII in July 1901.[4]
He wrote a number of books, including:
- With the Camel Corps up the Nile (1888)
- With the mission to Menelik (1898)
- The doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade, August 1914 to March 1915 (1917)
- London's open air statuary (1928)
- A Guardsman's Memories (1932).
He was the editor of:
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan Government - Vol. I: Geographical, descriptive and historical. - 1905. Vol.II: Routes.- 1905. Suppl.: 1906
Change of title
When
comital title and on 12 September 1917 acquired the prefix of Lord or Lady, although this was not made hereditary for Edward's descendants as his countship had been.[5]
On 2 July 1910, Gleichen married Sylvia Gay Edwardes (a niece of the 4th Baron Kensington), who was a maid of honour to Queens Victoria and Alexandra. They had no children. He is buried at Holy Trinity Church burial ground, Forest Row, Sussex, England.
Honours and awards
British decorations
- CMG: Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George – 1898 – for his contributions on a Mission to Ethiopia.
- DSO: Companion of the Distinguished Service Order – 29 November 1900 – for his contributions in the Second Boer War.[6]
- CVO: Commander of the Royal Victorian Order – 2 February 1901 – on the day of the funeral of Queen Victoria[7]
- CB: Companion of the Order of the Bath – 1906
- KCVO: Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order – 1909
Foreign decorations
- 1897: Order of the Star of Ethiopia (Third Class) – for his contributions on a Mission to Ethiopia.
- 1905: Order of the Medjidie (Second Class) – for his services in the Egyptian Army
- Unknown dates: Commander of the Legion of Honour, Order of the Dannebrog(First Class)
References
- ^ "No. 28789". The London Gazette. 2 January 1914. p. 37.
- ^ "No. 27157". The London Gazette. 26 January 1900. p. 511.
- ^ "No. 27382". The London Gazette. 3 December 1901. p. 8564.
- ^ "No. 27335". The London Gazette. 19 July 1901. p. 4779.
- ^ a b "No. 30551". The London Gazette. 1 March 1918. p. 2632.
- ^ "No. 27306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1901. p. 2700.
- ^ "No. 27285". The London Gazette. 15 February 1901. p. 1146.
- The London Gazette
- Burke's Peerage & Gentry, 107th edition
- Centre for First World War Studies
- Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lord Edward Gleichen.
Works by or about Lord Edward Gleichen at Wikisource- Works by Lord Edward Gleichen at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Lord Edward Gleichen at Internet Archive
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