List of Famous Leos

Charles François Duhoux d'Hauterive fought in the War of the Austrian Succession and Seven Years' War, rising in rank to become a lieutenant colonel of cavalry. He became a French general officer during the French Revolutionary Wars. He was involved in a controversy during the 1792 Siege of Lille and later sent to fight in the War in the Vendée where he was wounded twice. After being defeated in battle by his Royalist nephew he was imprisoned but finally allowed to retire.

General Sir Ivo Lucius Beresford Vesey was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff in India from 1937 to 1939.

Alexander Mikhailovich Orlov, was a colonel in the Soviet secret police and NKVD Rezident in the Second Spanish Republic. In 1938, Orlov refused to return to the Soviet Union due to the fears of execution, and instead fled with his family to the United States. He is mostly known for secretly transporting the entire Spanish gold reserves to the USSR and for his book, The Secret History of Stalin's Crimes.

Lieutenant General Sir John Sharman Fowler, was a British Army engineer officer who specialised on telegraph on signals, and who was later Commander of British Forces in China.