John Leland (died 3 January 1808) was a General in the British Army and Member of Parliament serving in the House of Commons of Great Britain (later, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom) [1][2] He was born the son of Ralph Leland of Dublin.
He was made colonel of the soon to be disbanded 80th Regiment of Foot (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers) in 1783 and elevated to major-general in 1787.
He had married Anne, daughter of Richard Upton, a ships master, but had no children.
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