Leopold Philip de Heister | |
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 Leopold Philip de Heister | |
| Born | 4 April 1716 Homberg, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel |
| Died | 19 November 1777 (aged 61) Kassel, Hesse-Kassel |
| Allegiance |  France Hesse-Kassel |
| Rank | Generalleutnant |
| Commands | Hessian Corps |
| Battles / wars | War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War American Revolutionary War |
Leopold Philip de Heister (4 April 1716, Homberg - 19 November 1777, Kassel) was a Hessian general who notably fought for the British during the American Revolutionary War.[1]
- ^ Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.