Gleig

Gleig, George Robert (1796-1888), the biographer of Wellington, was born at Stirling, his father being the Bishop of Brechin. He served as officer in the army in the Peninsula and America, but took orders in 1820. For nearly thirty years he was Chaplain-General and Inspector of Military Schools. The Subaltern (a novel) described his experiences of war. Lives of Warren Hastings and Clive had preceded the publication of that of Wellington (1862).