Henry Leader
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Henry Peregrine Leader CB |
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| Born | 18 January 1865 Detroit, United States |
| Died | 22 September 1934 Appledorne, Devon, England |
| Buried at | Instow, Devon, England |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1885-1920 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Unit |
Suffolk Regiment 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) |
| Commands held |
6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) 1st Scottish Horse Natal Milita 2nd (Sialkot) Cavalry Brigade 1st Indian Cavalry Division Baluchistan Cavalry Force |
| Battles/wars |
Second Boer War First World War Third Afghan War |
| Awards | Order of the Bath |
Major-General Henry Peregrine Leader, CB (8 January 1865 – 22 September 1934) was a major-general in the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Third Afghan War. He rose in rank to command his regiment the 6th Dragoon Guards, two cavalry brigades and a cavalry division, for which he was invested with the Order of the Bath.
Henry Peregrine Leader was born on 8 January 1865 in Detroit, United States, the son of Henry Peregrine Leader and Caroline (née Farrar). His father had emigrated to Canada from the United Kingdom and had been an Army officer. Leader was educated in Canada, at Trinity College School, Port Hope and then at Royal Military College at Kingston.
Leader was commissioned in to the Suffolk Regiment in September 1885 and was promoted on merit to captain in December 1894.
In January 1896, Leader joined the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), by exchanging with a Captain K.J.R Campbell who went to the Suffolks. For the next two year he carried out the appointment of Superintendent of Gymnasia, for the South East District. Then he was seconded to the General Staff from April 1899, and served in the Cavalry Division with Sir John French, in the Second Boer War. This was followed by promotion to major in July 1900. In 1901 he returned to the 6th Dragoons as the commanding officer, but in February 1902 accepted the command of the 1st Scottish Horse with the local rank (in South Africa) of lieutenant-colonel. The Scottish Horse was a volunteer regiment raised in 1900, with drafts from Australia, Scotland and South Africa. Under Leader´s command, the 1st battalion served in Northern Transvaal, and in late February captured a local Boer commandant and his laager at Gruisfontein (mentioned in despatches 25 April 1902). When the regiment was disbanded later in 1902, he was given command of the Natal Militia, with the rank of a brevet lieutenant-colonel in the South African Honours list published on 26 June 1902. Leader returned to the United Kingdom on the SS Kildonan Castle in August 1902, but was soon back again in South Africa to take ups his command in Natal. In July 1904 he was granted the local rank of brigadier-general while commanding local forces in South-Africa, with the brevet rank of colonel. In 1905 he returned to command the 6th Dragoons, until completing his five years in command was put on the half-pay list, with the substantive rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1909.
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