(1833 - 1891)
Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg [known as Count Gleichen], son of Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, was born at the Castle of Langenburg in Germany. In 1848, he entered the British Navy but was slightly wounded at the Battle of Bomarsund. By 1866, he was suffering from frequent bouts of illness and was forced to retire on half pay. That year he married Laura Williamina, daughter of Sir George Francis Seymour. He later trained for three years under sculptor William Theed II. Gleichen set up a studio within a suite of apartments at St. James Palace, granted to him by Queen Victoria. Here he produced portrait busts, monuments and groups of figures. He built a modest house near Ascot, but died at St James’s Palace at the age of 58.
