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Reginald Wingate

General
Sir Reginald Wingate, Bt
GCB GCVO GBE KCMG DSO TD
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Governor-General of the Sudan
In office
1899–1916
Monarch Queen Victoria
Edward VII
George V
Preceded by The Lord Kitchener
Succeeded by Sir Lee Stack
High Commissioner in Egypt
In office
1917–1919
Monarch George V
Preceded by Sir Henry McMahon
Succeeded by The Viscount Allenby
Personal details
Born Francis Reginald Wingate
(1861-06-25)25 June 1861
Port Glasgow, Scotland
Died 29 January 1953(1953-01-29) (aged 91)
Dunbar, Scotland
Relations Sir Ronald Wingate (his son), Orde Wingate (cousin).
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Territorial Decoration
Signature
Military service
Nickname(s) Wingate of the Sudan
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Egyptian Army
Years of service 1880–1922
Rank General, Sirdar
Commands Egypt
Hejaz
Battles/wars Nile Expedition
Mahdist War
First World War
Anglo Egyptian Darfur Expedition

General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCVO, GBE, KCMG, DSO, TD (25 June 1861 – 29 January 1953) was a British general and administrator in Egypt and the Sudan. He earned the nom de guerre Wingate of 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 1884–1885 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.


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