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Lord Edward Gleichen
1863–1937
A soldier, courtier, and writer with close ties to the royal family, he built a career that ranged from the Grenadier Guards to senior service in the First World War. He also turned his experience and wide interests into books on history, travel, and military life.
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The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade: August 1914 to March 1915
by Lord Edward Gleichen
About the author
Born in London in 1863, Lord Edward Gleichen was a British Army officer and courtier. He was born Count Albert Edward Wilfred Gleichen, the only son of Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and he later became known as Lord Edward Gleichen. His family connections placed him close to the British royal circle, and his sister Feodora Gleichen became well known as a sculptor.
He joined the Grenadier Guards as a young man and went on to serve in a number of military and diplomatic roles, including work as a military attaché. During the First World War he held senior commands, and he is remembered as a major-general as well as a courtier in royal service.
Gleichen also wrote extensively, which is why his name still appears on library shelves. His books include travel writing and historical works such as With the Mission to Menelik, 1897, based on the British mission to Ethiopia, and later volumes on European history and France. That mix of soldier, observer, and author gives his writing an informed, firsthand quality.