Edmund Leach (British Army officer)
Major-General Sir Edmund Leach KCB (28 November 1836 – 7 August 1923)[1] was a British army officer.
Early life
[edit]Edmund Leach was born at Robeston Wathen, Pembrokeshire, Wales, on 28 November 1836, and educated at Sandhurst.[1]
Career
[edit]He started as an Ensign in the 50th Foot, and rose to become a Major-General. He was Colonel of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment from 1904-21.[1][2] He was appointed KCB in the 1907 Birthday Honours.
He served in the Crimea and the New Zealand Wars (1863-1866). He was awarded the New Zealand medal.[3]
Personal life
[edit]He married Frances Elizabeth Ince at St. Saviour's, Chelsea on 29 April 1869 and had two sons:
- Brigadier-General Sir Henry Edmund Burleigh Leach CB CMG CVO (1870-1936)
- William Leach (1883–1969)
He lived at Corston House, Pembrokeshire, died at Bath and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London, on the east side of the main entrance path from the north gate.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "The Leach family of Castlemartin". The Pembrokeshire Historian. 7: 51. 1981. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ "Leach, Maj.-Gen. Sir Edmund, (28 Nov. 1836–7 Aug. 1923), Colonel Queen's Own Regiment, 1904–21". LEACH, Edmund (1836 - 1923). OUP. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U199143.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Papers Past". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- 1836 births
- 1923 deaths
- British Army major generals
- Military personnel from Pembrokeshire
- Burials at Brompton Cemetery
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Leach family
- People from Pembrokeshire
- Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment officers
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- British Army personnel of the Crimean War
- British military personnel of the New Zealand Wars