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Deputy Lieutenants of East Lothian: Reginald Wingate, Thomas Dick Lauder, Lord John Hay, Elizabeth Douglas-Hamilton

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Description:Chapters: Reginald Wingate, Thomas Dick Lauder, Lord John Hay, Elizabeth Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, 1st Baronet GCB GCVO GBE KCMG DSO TD (25 June 1861 29 January 1953), usually known as Reginald Wingate, was a British general and administrator in Egypt and the Sudan. Wingate was born at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire (now Inverclyde), the seventh son of Andrew Wingate, a textile merchant of Glasgow, and Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Turner of Dublin. His father died when he was a year old, and the family, in straitened circumstances, moved to Jersey, where he was educated at St James's Collegiate School. He entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 27 July 1880. He served in India and Aden from March 1881 to 1883, when he joined the 4th Battalion of the Egyptian Army on its reorganisation by Sir Evelyn Wood with the brevet rank of Major. In the Gordon Relief Expedition of 18841885 he was ADC and military secretary to Sir Evelyn. In 1883 he received the Order of Osmanieh 4th Class from the Khedive. In June 1885 he was Mentioned in Despatches for service in operations in the Suakin and Upper Nile regions. After holding an appointment in England for a brief period as ADC to Wood, who was now General Officer Commanding Eastern District, he rejoined the Egyptian Army in 1886 as assistant military secretary to Sir Francis Grenfell. In 1887 he received the Order of the Medjidieh 4th Class. He took part in the operations on the Sudan frontier in 1889, including the engagement at Toski for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and in the further operations in 1891, being present ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=164831We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Deputy Lieutenants of East Lothian: Reginald Wingate, Thomas Dick Lauder, Lord John Hay, Elizabeth Douglas-Hamilton. To get started finding Deputy Lieutenants of East Lothian: Reginald Wingate, Thomas Dick Lauder, Lord John Hay, Elizabeth Douglas-Hamilton, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release
2010
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1158527713

Deputy Lieutenants of East Lothian: Reginald Wingate, Thomas Dick Lauder, Lord John Hay, Elizabeth Douglas-Hamilton

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Description: Chapters: Reginald Wingate, Thomas Dick Lauder, Lord John Hay, Elizabeth Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, 1st Baronet GCB GCVO GBE KCMG DSO TD (25 June 1861 29 January 1953), usually known as Reginald Wingate, was a British general and administrator in Egypt and the Sudan. Wingate was born at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire (now Inverclyde), the seventh son of Andrew Wingate, a textile merchant of Glasgow, and Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Turner of Dublin. His father died when he was a year old, and the family, in straitened circumstances, moved to Jersey, where he was educated at St James's Collegiate School. He entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 27 July 1880. He served in India and Aden from March 1881 to 1883, when he joined the 4th Battalion of the Egyptian Army on its reorganisation by Sir Evelyn Wood with the brevet rank of Major. In the Gordon Relief Expedition of 18841885 he was ADC and military secretary to Sir Evelyn. In 1883 he received the Order of Osmanieh 4th Class from the Khedive. In June 1885 he was Mentioned in Despatches for service in operations in the Suakin and Upper Nile regions. After holding an appointment in England for a brief period as ADC to Wood, who was now General Officer Commanding Eastern District, he rejoined the Egyptian Army in 1886 as assistant military secretary to Sir Francis Grenfell. In 1887 he received the Order of the Medjidieh 4th Class. He took part in the operations on the Sudan frontier in 1889, including the engagement at Toski for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and in the further operations in 1891, being present ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=164831We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Deputy Lieutenants of East Lothian: Reginald Wingate, Thomas Dick Lauder, Lord John Hay, Elizabeth Douglas-Hamilton. To get started finding Deputy Lieutenants of East Lothian: Reginald Wingate, Thomas Dick Lauder, Lord John Hay, Elizabeth Douglas-Hamilton, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
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Publisher
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Release
2010
ISBN
1158527713

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