page_title: William Hiseland
hierarchical_section_title: William Hiseland
caption_attribution_description: English: The picture shows the allegedly supercentenarian soldier William Hiseland. It is the same picture as this: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Invalid_Soldier_Thomas_Hiseland.jpg, which, however, has the wrong surname. (Easily verified, since he is identified as William in the text on the painting itself.)
context_page_description: William Hiseland, sometimes spelt William Hasland or Haseland, was an English and later British soldier and reputed supercentenarian. In 1709, at the purported age of eighty-nine, he fought at the Battle of Malplaquet and was believed to be the oldest soldier on the field. He claimed to become the last survivor of the English Civil Wars, which he said he had served in from 1642 to 1651.
  Hiseland attained the rank of sergeant. In extreme old age he became a Chelsea pensioner, although he had to give up his place as an in-pensioner when he married at the claimed age of 103. He is buried at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.
context_section_description: William Hiseland (August 6, 1620 (claimed) – February 7, 1732), sometimes spelt William Hasland or Haseland, was an English and later British soldier and reputed supercentenarian. In 1709, at the purported age of eighty-nine, he fought at the Battle of Malplaquet and was believed to be the oldest soldier on the field. He claimed to become the last survivor of the English Civil Wars, which he said he had served in from 1642 to 1651.
  Hiseland attained the rank of sergeant. In extreme old age he became a Chelsea pensioner, although he had to give up his place as an in-pensioner when he married at the claimed age of 103. He is buried at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.
caption: Portrait of Haseland, from the museum of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea
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