Henry Gladwin was the British commander at Fort Detroit when it was besieged during Pontiac's Rebellion. Pontiac planned to take Fort Detroit, but Gladwin got wind of the plan. One romantic theory suggests that a Native American woman in love with Gladwin informed him of it. When Pontiac arrived at Fort Detroit, the British were ready. This made Pontiac retreat and set up a siege instead of taking over the fort. Wikipedia
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GLADWIN (Gladwyn), HENRY , army officer; b. 1729 or 1730, probably in Derbyshire, England, elder son of Henry Gladwin and Mary Dakeyne; m.Frances Beridge, and they had ten children; d.22June1791 at Stubbing Court, Derbyshire. www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=36030
