Edmund Leach (British Army officer)
Brompton Cemetery, London
Brompton Cemetery
Major-General Sir Edmund Leach KCB (28 November 1836 – 7 August 1923)[1] was a British army officer.
Early life[]
Edmund Leach was born at Robeston Wathen, Pembrokeshire, Wales, on 28 November 1836, and educated at Sandhurst.[1]
Career[]
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.
Personal life[]
He married Frances Elizabeth Ince at 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[]
- ^ 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). Oxford Index. OUP. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U199143.
Categories:
- 1836 births
- 1923 deaths
- 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