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General Sir
Reginald Wingate
Bt GCB GCVO GBE KCMG DSO TD DL
Governor-General of the Sudan
In office
22 December 1899 – 31 December 1916
MonarchsQueen Victoria
Edward VII
George V
Preceded byThe Lord Kitchener
Succeeded bySir Lee Stack
High Commissioner in Egypt
In office
1917–1919
MonarchGeorge V
Preceded bySir Henry McMahon
Succeeded byThe Viscount Allenby
Personal details
Born
Francis Reginald Wingate

(1861-06-25)25 June 1861
Port Glasgow, Scotland
Died29 January 1953(1953-01-29) (aged 91)
Dunbar, Scotland
RelationsSir Ronald Wingate (his son), Orde Wingate (cousin).
AwardsKnight 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
SignatureReginald Wingate
NicknameWingate of the Sudan
Military service
AllegianceReginald Wingate United Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Egyptian Army
Years of service1880–1922
RankGeneral, Sirdar
CommandsEgypt
Hejaz
Battles/wars
  • Mahdist War
  • First World War
    • Invasion of Darfur

General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCVO, GBE, KCMG, DSO, TD, DL (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.

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of Egypt and Sudan. With a formal end to Ottoman rule in 1914, Sir Reginald Wingate was sent that December to occupy Sudan as the new Military Governor...

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government and showing partiality to the Ottoman Empire in 1915. Sirdar Reginald Wingate then organized a force of around 2,000 men; under the command of Lieutenant...

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the United Kingdom. It was created on 6 July 1920 for General Sir Reginald Wingate. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was a colonial...

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to use the Sharif to support British for six months. But it was Sir Reginald Wingate who persuaded McMahon that the Arabs were ready, able and willing for...

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Catherine Wingate

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married Reginald Wingate, a Royal Artillery officer. They had three children: Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate (born 30 September 1889), Malcolm Roy Wingate (born...

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Lee Stack

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regimental appointments he served as Military Secretary to General Sir Reginald Wingate. He received the Order of Osmanieh, third class, from the Khedive of...

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Battle of Umm Diwaykarat

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Sudanese and Egyptian soldiers under command of General F.R. Wingate to intercept him. Wingate marched from Kusti to the mountains of Kordofan, destroyed...

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Mahdist War

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accounts of their experiences in Sudan. Written in collaboration with Reginald Wingate, a proponent of the reconquest of Sudan, both works emphasized the...

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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Egypt

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Joseph Ohrwalder

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his travels was rendered into English by Francis Reginald Wingate from a sketchy translation. Wingate had helped him escape from Sudan. Works by Joseph...

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Sirdar

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Wafd Party

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representative to Reginald Wingate, the British High Commissioner in Egypt and requested to represent Egypt at the Paris Peace Conference. They told Wingate that the...

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Balfour Declaration

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December 1917, but was satisfied by two disingenuous messages from Sir Reginald Wingate, who had replaced McMahon as High Commissioner of Egypt, assuring him...

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Military uniform

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A Sudanese prisoner with Reginald Wingate after the Battle of Atbara. The prisoner is wearing a jibba, a garment that was worn by followers of Muhammad...

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