What Made General Sir Garnet Wolseley the "Very Model of a Modern Major General"?

Описание: General Sir Garnet Wolseley, was one of Victorian Britain’s most gifted and successful military leaders.

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Wolseley joined the British Army in 1852 when he was 18.
During his early years he served in the Crimean War, the Indian (Sepoy) Mutiny and the 2nd Opium War in China.

He came to national attention following his successful Red River Expedition in Canada, followed up by masterminding a British victory in the Ashanti War.

General Sir Garnet Wolseley’s high point came with his victory at the battle of Tel el Kebit 1882 in Egypt. It was to lead to British control over Egypt for the next 50 years.

Despite a victory over the Mahdist army at the battle of Abu Klea, his Nile Expedition failed to rescue General Gordon in Khartoum.

A keen reformer, Sir Garnet Wolseley, failed to become Commander-in-Chief of the British army due to the refusal of Queen Victoria’s cousin, the Duke of Cambridge refusing to vacate the post.

By the time Wolseley did land the job, his best day’s were behind him. Poor health sapped what energy he still had and he started to be eclipsed both by his old rival, Lord Roberts of Kandahar, and the victor at the battle of Omdurman, General Lord Kitchener.

Eventually promoted to Field Marshall, Garnet Wolseley (now Viscount Wolseley) died in 1913 and is buried at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

A fine statue of Wolseley mounted on a horse stands at Horse Guards Parade in London.

General Wolseley is often seen as the inspiration for the Modern Major General in Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance”.
Whilst Gilbert never acknowledged this, the actor whop first performed the role of the Major General overtly modelled himself on Wolseley, down to his large white moustache.

Whether or not that really is the case, through his ambition, efficiency, “out of the box” thinking and military successes he most certainly was the very model of a modern Major-General.


Sources used in researching this video included:
National Army Museum
Military Histories.co.uk
Oxford Illustrated History of the British Army
"Go to your God like a soldier" - Ian Knight
"Khartoum" - Michael Asher
Britannica

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0:00 Introduction
1:35 Early career
4:39 Red River Expedition
6:12 Reformer
7:24 The Ashanti War
9:21 The Modern Major-General
11:30 Battle of Tel el Kebir
12:44 Nile Expedition to rescue Gordon
17:46 Commander-in-Chief
19:13 Legacy
21:15 The History Chap


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