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Sgt. Norbert Landsheit
NORBERT LANDSHEIT (1775-1847), or Landscheit, was a German-born sergeant in the York Hussars and 20th Light Dragoons who fought in the Peninsular War.
Beginning his service with Hompesch’s Hussars...view moreNORBERT LANDSHEIT (1775-1847), or Landscheit, was a German-born sergeant in the York Hussars and 20th Light Dragoons who fought in the Peninsular War.
Beginning his service with Hompesch’s Hussars in the war against the French Republic, he went on to serve in Saint Domingue, Guernsey, Southern England, the Cape Colony, Argentina, Portugal, and Spain, and upon disbandment, was placed on a pension of one shilling a day. Having transferred from Hompesch’s Regiment to the Queen’s Hussars, then to the 20th Light Dragoons, and finally in the Foreign Hussars.
GEORGE ROBERT GLEIG (20 April 1796 - 9 July 1888) was a Scottish soldier, military writer, and priest.
Born in Stirling, Scotland to George Gleig (1753-1840, Bishop of Brechin from October 1808) and Janet, née Hamilton, the young Gleig received his initial education at Stirling Grammar school and, following his service in five battles in the U.S. under Wellington army’s as an Ensign in the 85th Light Infantry, he resumed his scholarship at Magdalen Hall, Oxford in 1816, where he earned B.A. and M.A. degrees.
He took holy orders in 1820 and became curate of Westwell, Kent. He was later appointed to two additional parishes, as curate of Ash and as Rector of Ivychurch.
He was Chaplain-General of the Forces from 1844-1875 and Inspector-General of Military Schools from 1846-1857. Between 1848-1951, he was a member of the Canterbury Association and joined the management committee.
Gleig was a frequent contributor to reviews and magazines, especially Blackwood’s Magazine, in which his best-known novel, The Subaltern, appeared in installments in 1825. He was also the author of memoirs of Warren Hastings (1841), Robert Clive (1848), Wellington (1862), Military Commanders (1831-1832), Chelsea Pensioners (1829), and many other works.
He died at Stratfield Turgis, Hampshire in 1888 aged 92.view less