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APTAIN COUNT GLEICHEN, of the Grenadier Guards, extra Equerry to the Queen, is the eldest son of the late Prince Victor of Hohenlohe and of the youngest daughter of the late Admiral Sir George Seymour. Born on the 15th January, 1863, he was educated first at Cheam, afterwards at Charterhouse, and finally at Sandhurst. He was a Queen's page from 1874 to 1879, and our first portrait is extremely interesting as showing, what is rarely seen, the livery of a Royal page. In 1881 he obtained a commission in the Grenadier Guards. Three years later he served with the Guards Camel Regiment in the Gordon relief expedition, and took part in all the desert fighting. Returning to England in July, 1885, he served two years in the Intelligence Department, 1886-8, and spent another two years, 1890-1, at the Staff College. He is a keen soldier, and has devoted himself to the study of his profession. In addition to magazine articles and some official confidential works, he is the author of a clever, brightly written narrative of his experiences during the Nile Valley Campaign of 1884-5—"With the Camel Corps up the Nile." He is likewise the author of "The Armies of Europe."