Edmund Leach (British Army officer)
Brompton Cemetery, London
Brompton Cemetery
Major-General Sir Edmund Leach (28 November 1836 – 7 August 1923)[1] was a British army officer.
Early life
Edmund Leach was born at Robeston Wathen 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]
Personal life
He married Frances Elizabeth Ince at St. Saviour's, Chelsea on 29 April 1869 and had two sons:
- Brigadier-General Sir Henry Edmund Burleigh LeachCB CMG CVO (1870-1936)
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "The Leach family of Castlemartin". The Pembrokeshire historian 7: 51. 1981. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ↑ "LEACH, Edmund (1836 - 1923)". Oxford Index. OUP. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
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