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George Robert Gleig
George Robert Gleig (1796–1888) was a British soldier and military writer.
The son of George Gleig, the Bishop of Brechin , he entered the army, and served in the Peninsula and America. In 1820 he took orders, and after serving in various cures became, in 1834, Chaplain of Chelsea Hospital, and in 1844 Chaplain-General of the Forces, an office he held until 1875. He was a frequent contributor to reviews and magazines, especially Blackwood's Magazine , in which his best-known novel, The Subaltern , appeared. He was also the author of Lives of Warren Hastings, Robert Clive, and Wellington, Military Commanders , Chelsea Pensioners , and other works.
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