Leopold Philip de Heister

Leopold Philip de Heister
Leopold Philip de Heister
Born4 April 1716
Homberg, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
Died19 November 1777(1777-11-19) (aged 61)
Kassel, Hesse-Kassel
Allegiance France
Hesse Hesse-Kassel
RankGeneralleutnant
Commands heldHessian Corps
Battles/warsWar 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]

  1. ^ Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). "Heister, Leopold Philip de" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

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