British general, administrator and diplomat (1861–1953)
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
Monarchs
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
Nickname
Wingate of the Sudan
Military service
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Branch/service
British Army Egyptian Army
Years of service
1880–1922
Rank
General, Sirdar
Commands
Egypt 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.
General Sir Francis ReginaldWingate, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCVO, GBE, KCMG, DSO, TD, DL (25 June 1861 – 29 January 1953) was a British general and administrator...
instructors, as a demonstration of his rebellious nature. Wingate's father's cousin, Sir ReginaldWingate, a retired army general who had been governor-general...
Fahmi, and Sharawi were granted an audience with General Sir ReginaldWingate ('Wingate Pasha'), the British High Commissioner. They demanded complete...
Whitfield, Political Branch, Public Security, Alexandria, 1917 General Sir ReginaldWingate, 1915 Judge Youssef Zulficar Pasha (Grand Cordon) Oswald Longstaff...
Dictionaries of Africa). Scarecrow Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0810849105. ReginaldWingate, Sir Francis (1891). Mahdiism and the Egyptian Sudan: Being an Account...
of Egypt and Sudan. With a formal end to Ottoman rule in 1914, Sir ReginaldWingate was sent that December to occupy Sudan as the new Military Governor...
biography of General Hastings Ismay. Wingate died on 31 August 1978 at the age of 88. Wingate was the son of ReginaldWingate, a British general who held important...
government and showing partiality to the Ottoman Empire in 1915. Sirdar ReginaldWingate then organized a force of around 2,000 men; under the command of Lieutenant...
the United Kingdom. It was created on 6 July 1920 for General Sir ReginaldWingate. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was a colonial...
activists led by Saad Zaghlul made a request to High Commissioner ReginaldWingate to end the British Protectorate in Egypt and Sudan, and gain Egyptian...
to use the Sharif to support British for six months. But it was Sir ReginaldWingate who persuaded McMahon that the Arabs were ready, able and willing for...
(810 mi) from Medina. He replied to an ultimatum from British General ReginaldWingate on 15 December 1918 with the words: "I am a Muhammadan. I am an Ottoman...
married ReginaldWingate, a Royal Artillery officer. They had three children: Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate (born 30 September 1889), Malcolm Roy Wingate (born...
regimental appointments he served as Military Secretary to General Sir ReginaldWingate. He received the Order of Osmanieh, third class, from the Khedive of...
Sudanese and Egyptian soldiers under command of General F.R. Wingate to intercept him. Wingate marched from Kusti to the mountains of Kordofan, destroyed...
accounts of their experiences in Sudan. Written in collaboration with ReginaldWingate, a proponent of the reconquest of Sudan, both works emphasized the...
Milne Cheetham 1915–1917: Sir Henry McMahon 1917–1919: Sir Francis ReginaldWingate 1919–1925: Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby 1925–1929: George Lloyd...
his travels was rendered into English by Francis ReginaldWingate from a sketchy translation. Wingate had helped him escape from Sudan. Works by Joseph...
representative to ReginaldWingate, the British High Commissioner in Egypt and requested to represent Egypt at the Paris Peace Conference. They told Wingate that the...
December 1917, but was satisfied by two disingenuous messages from Sir ReginaldWingate, who had replaced McMahon as High Commissioner of Egypt, assuring him...
A Sudanese prisoner with ReginaldWingate after the Battle of Atbara. The prisoner is wearing a jibba, a garment that was worn by followers of Muhammad...